Mar 25, 2014
While the biblical story centers on God’s rescue of humanity, Gen. 3 (the Garden of Eden story) makes is clear that the entire cosmos has been affected by the curse of sin. Nature itself is broken, and thus the project of salvation must include the restoration the entire created order. In this episode we take […]
Mar 19, 2014
An elemental consequence of sin is alienation – alienation between people, between humanity and creation, and, most profoundly, alienation between humanity and God (see part 2 of this series for more detail). And thus central to the project of salvation is reconciliation – bringing creation back to healthy, loving...
Mar 10, 2014
The miracles of Jesus were only slightly less of an intellectual challenge to citizens of the 1st century than they are to us. Raising a dead girl to life, for example, was no more common in ancient Israel than it is now! And thus it was Jesus’s ability to perform such “signs and wonders” that […]
Mar 7, 2014
How to interpret the Sermon on the Mount has been one of the most debated questions in all of church history. The content and tone shift so dramatically – from the comforting assurance that “your Father in heaven gives good things to those who ask him,” to the simple faith of the Lord’s prayer, to […]