19 results for tag: incarnation
He is One of Us, With Us! He Was and Is and Is To Come!
By Greg Albrecht
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned – Isaiah 9:2
Here are some quotes about the incarnation, the coming of God to us, as one of us, that always amaze me and give me pause. May these thoughts lift and encourage you, with hope and faith, as together we once again focus on the staggering reality of the God-man, theanthropos, the foundational truth proposition that God has come to be one of us, and still is!
The incarnation is a kind of vast joke whereby the Creator of the ends of the earth comes among us in diapers… Until we too ...
CWR Video – Lucy Peppiatt – “The Incarnation Part 2”
Short video by Lucy Peppiatt on the Incarnation (part 2).
CWR Video – Lucy Peppiatt – “The Incarnation Part 1”
Short video by Lucy Peppiatt on the Incarnation (part 1).
The King Who Became a Man – by Greg Albrecht
The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood (John 1:14, The Message).
During his reign (1910-1936) King George V of the United Kingdom and the British Empire visited Leeds, a city in the north of England. When he was informed that a school was situated next to the railway line, King George agreed to have the train slow down so that he could appear on a platform and wave to the children as the royal entourage passed.
When the king came outside the train he wore no outward signs of royalty, but was dressed in a suit, like any other male subject of his kingdom. After the train glided by and the cheers of the children ...
December 2023
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Greg Albrecht: Not What Religion Expects – pg. 2
Kenneth Tanner: One-Sided God – pg. 6
Brad Jersak God in Our Image – pg. 7
What is Holiness, Uncleanness? – Brad Jersak
Luke 7:11-17 (NRSV)
Jesus Raises the Widow’s Son at Nain
11 Soon afterwards he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. 12 As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow; and with her was a large crowd from the town. 13 When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, “Do not weep.” 14 Then he came forward and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, rise!” 15 The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus ...
The Incarnation: Jesus Has a Body – Dr. Cherith Fee Nordling
Dr. Cherith Fee Nordling explains why, in his Incarnation, Jesus Christ assumes an authentic human nature, including a body, and why in his resurrection and ascension to glory, continues to be forever human.(Part 1 in a 6-part conversation with Dr. Bradley Jersak).
https://vimeo.com/780442902
December 2019
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Brad Jersak: Mary: The Second Eve– pg. 3
Scott Erickson: O Eve!– pg. 7
Greg Albrecht: Wrapping an Idea in a Person – pg. 8
Jim Fowler: The Reason for the Season – pg. 10
Felicia Murrell: Advent Poem – pg. 12
Richard Rohr: Christ in the Face of the Other – pg. 13
Greg Albrecht: Was Christ a Created Being? -pg. 15
What ‘Christ Died For Us’ Meant to the Fathers – Brad Jersak
The following summary represents what we find in the classics of early Christian thought as they recalled the 'faith once delivered,' and sought to articulate the meaning of the Incarnation in light of the revelation that Christ was both fully human and fully divine.
For primary readings on this, see for example:
Athanasius, On the Incarnation
Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters in Critique of Apollonarius
Cyril of Alexandria, On the Unity of Christ
When the apostles say Christ suffered and died for us, once for all (Rom 6:10; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 3:18), for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 13:28; Col 2:13) and not ours only, everybody's (1 John 2:2), what ...
April 2019
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Brad Jersak: Bury the Hatchet– pg. 3
Greg Albrecht: The Blood Curse Lie– pg. 7
Brian Zahnd: The Sign that Saves – pg. 9
Wm. Paul Young: The Killing House – pg. 11
Felicia Murrell: No Shadow of Turning – pg. 14
Greg Albrecht: More than a Watchmaker -pg. 15
February 2018
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Brian McLaren: The Great Migration – pg. 3
Stephen Backhouse: Soren Kierkegaard: Father of Christianity Without Religion – pg. 6
CWR News, Updates, Coming Soon pg. 10
Cindy Brandt: Inconspicuous Hope – pg. 12
Eden Jersak: The Rose – pg. 13
Greg Albrecht: “God's Plan for Your Life?” -pg. 14
Breakfast with Brad – Incarnation: God Became Human
In this episode of Breakfast with Brad," we are reminded that Incarnation (literally 'enfleshment') means that God became human. Why? To heal humanity and to reveal God's love in Jesus. Far from merely the initiating Christmas event, the Incarnation speaks of God assuming human nature as can be seen throughout the whole course of the life of Christ. Featured breakfast: jam-filled Christmas cookies!
https://vimeo.com/1011045550
When the Incarnation Gets Personal – Michael Frack
The thing about Christmas and the Incarnation that every now and then breaks through my stoic emotional defenses and leaves me blubbering like a child, is that God, the Maker of Heaven and Earth, who sits on the Throne above every Throne, loves not just the human race in general, but loves me, cares enough for me, that he took on my flesh and my frame and came to be like me – that he came to know my suffering, and my darkness, and my pain – and that he came to be rejected as I am rejected. That he came into my mess to make his home in my despair, to live his life in the places where I can only see pain and death.
That he came to take the ...
December 2017
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Greg Albrecht: The KING Who Became a Man – pg. 1
Brad Jersak: The Great Scandal! – pg. 5
Eden Jersak: God With Us – pg. 8
Laura Urista: Good News of Great Joy – pg. 12
Brian Zahnd: Waiting for God to Act – pg. 13
Greg Albrecht: “If God is love, why would he allow a place like hell?” -pg. 15
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