Looking Through the Cross – The Cross and Power, pt.2
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Looking Through the Cross – The Cross and Power, pt.1
In the Cross, however, we see a radical flattening of society so that even the difference in the power structures between slave and free disappear.
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Looking Through the Cross – The Cross and Evil, pt.2
When have you felt abandoned by God? Jesus experiences this abandonment when he quotes Psalm 22 and that abandonment is visibly manifested when the sky darkens as he hangs on the Cross.
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Looking Through the Cross – The Cross and Evil, pt.1
When we look at the nature of evil, we see the ultimate sacrifice of the Son. Him who is pure light is handed over to and assumes our darkness. Him though whom all things came to exist, is handed over to and assumes our non-existence.
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Looking Through the Cross – The Cross and Wisdom, pt.2
As a foretaste of the following chapters, begin to think through how the great political issues of today look different through the lens of the cross.
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Looking Through the Cross – The Cross and Wisdom, pt.1
Everything looks different in this world through the lens of the Cross. Tomlin allows us to deeply explore the meaning of the Cross and how it does and should impact our lives.
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Luke’s Infancy Narrative – Luke 2, pt.2
The appearance of the shepherds, therefore, brings to mind both Jesus’ earthly and heavenly origins. They also given confirmation to confirmation to Mary and those with her (e.g., her in-laws) that the child is who Gabriel said he was.
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Luke’s Infancy Narrative – Luke 2, pt.1
An alternative way of reading the encounter between the angelic hosts and the shepherds is that the army of God is making an announcement of war and rebellion against the powers of this world and specifically against Caesar Augustus.
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Luke’s Infancy Narrative – Luke 1, pt.2
Read through the concluding chapter of Luke’s gospel and see how Luke brings his opening full circle. Luke begins and ends in the Temple, and begins and ends with the understanding of Jesus as the fulfillment of the Scriptures.
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Luke’s Infancy Narrative – Luke 1, pt.1
These first two chapters in Luke provide a bridge between the Old Testament and the life of Jesus. Therefore, these first two chapters are written in the style and motif of various stories in the Old Testament creating this continuity.
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