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 When considering divine election is our starting point a shadowy decree that decided the eternal destiny of individuals before human life even began?  Or do we begin with Jesus, the Father’s chosen one? Within God’s eternal life, the Father elected … Continue reading →

Jesus is one with his Father sharing fully in the divine life.  He is also one with us since he became one of us. But does he share fully in our human existence? Paul tells us that Jesus “became sin” … Continue reading →

“God made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth” (Ephesians 1:9,10). … Continue reading →

Jesus is God as human opening to us the mystery of who God is within himself.  He alone unveils to us the One God as Father, Son and Spirit mutually indwelling one another as the community of love.  As such, … Continue reading →

Who can begin to fathom the mystery of Jesus?  There is no one to compare with him.   He is one of us and yet unlike us, for he is both God and man in one person.  As such, he is … Continue reading →

Jesus alone is the starting point for our thinking on election.  Not an abstract decree of election that is unrelated to Jesus, but one that begins only with him and is fulfilled only in him. God’s eternal decision was to … Continue reading →

Before the world was made God decided that he wanted to be God with us and for us as one of us.  He also decided that he wanted us to be one with him in the deepest fellowship. So the … Continue reading →

As we speak about the Triune God we use human words to express who this God is within himself.  But we are trying to express the inexpressible.  So, in all our attempts to know the Triune God, we must accept … Continue reading →

 Jesus is God’s unique Son.  He is, therefore, the act of God to and for humans as human. So we must be careful not to separate who Jesus is from what he does for us. For what Jesus does for … Continue reading →

The Father’s unique Son became fully human. He did so to live in total solidarity with his fellow humans.  He is God and yet he identifies totally with us even in our sin.  He submitted to a baptism among sinners … Continue reading →