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Knowing Beyond Our Own Knowing

Philip asked Jesus to show them the Father.  Jesus replied, “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?  Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and that the Father is in … Continue reading

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Mutual Indwelling

Jesus said, “I and the Father are one.”  He then went on to say, “…the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”  Theologians have used the word perichoresis to describe this kind of oneness. The word perichoresis means … Continue reading

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Living from a Centre in Christ

Too many people seem to live from one moment to another rarely considering what their lives mean.  However, there may be moments when a person pauses to consider what matters more than anything else.  We would say that we were … Continue reading

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Trusting the Trustworthy One

Jesus identified with us by becoming human and entering into the entire human plight. Furthermore, Jesus remains human even though he is now exalted to the highest place at God’s right hand.  There, he continually represents us in the presence … Continue reading

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Valued

We humans need to know that we are valued.  We want to be assured that we have worth in our own eyes and the eyes of others. More so we need to look God in the face assured that we … Continue reading

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The God we meet in Jesus

Trinity is One God in three persons and three persons in One God.  For many, this is a big puzzle.  And they soon give up on the puzzle thinking that Trinity is beyond them and not much use to them … Continue reading

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One Communal Being

The only way we can know anything at all about God is through his self-revelation.  He has communicated himself to us in the Jesus’ story by the Spirit. This good news story reveals the One God as three persons who … Continue reading

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The only true God is the one we meet in Jesus

I used to receive teaching about God that began with the essence of God. This essence was defined in such a way that God appeared non-relational.   Relationships did not appear essential to God’s Being.  This impersonal divine essence would … Continue reading

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The Undeserved Intervention of God

Paul tells us that he received his gospel as God revealed Christ in him. This dramatic encounter with the risen Jesus changed everything for Paul. He experienced a complete reorientation of thinking and living. Was this revelation given because Paul … Continue reading

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The Lord, who is the Spirit

On the day of Pentecost, Peter declared, The God of Israel has made Jesus both Lord and Christ.  If Saul of Tarsus heard this, he would have been outraged.  For Saul, there was only one Lord, the God of Israel.  … Continue reading

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