XII Jesus Christ: Fully Human Fully Divine - Day 5

Colossians 1:15-23 (supremacy of Christ)
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Colossians 2:9-15 (divine nature in Christ)
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Hebrews 1:1-2:4 (Christ superior to angels)
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Dorothy_L_Sayers
Saint_John_of_Damascus
Monika K Hellwig - Obituary
Monika Hellwig Spirituality and the Single Parent

XII Jesus Christ: Fully Human Fully Divine - Day 4

John 1 (Word became flesh, testimony of John the Baptist and disciples)
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Cyril_I_of_Alexandria

XII Jesus Christ: Fully Human Fully Divine - Day 3

Matthew 1 (birth of Jesus the Messiah)
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Matthew 16:13-17:13 ("You are the Messiah," the Transfiguration)
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Definition_of_Chalcedon
St._Leo_the_Great

XII Jesus Christ: Fully Human Fully Divine - Day 2

Psalm 22 (plea for God's help)
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Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (suffering servant)
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Isaiah 61 (encouragement to the exiled)
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XII Jesus Christ: Fully Human Fully Divine - Day 1

Isaiah 9:1-7 (the coming king)
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Micah 5:2-5 (ruler from Bethlehem)
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Tertullian

From our discussion on Sin & Grace

XI Salvation: God So Loved the World - Day 7

"Savior! I've no one else to tell--
And so I trouble thee.
I am the one forgot thee so--
Dost thou remember me?
Nor, for myself, I came so far--
That were the little load--
I brought thee the imperial Heart
I had not strength to hold--
The Heart I carried in my own--
'Till mine too heave grew--
Yet--strangest--heavier since it went--
Is it too large for you?"
Emily_Dickinson

XI Salvation: God So Loved the World - Day 6

What image would you develop to describe the nature of our human need for salvation?

Judging from your own experience, which of the several terms for salvation (regeneration, conversion, adoption, justification redemption, commitment) is most descriptive for you?

Seeking More Understanding
Peruse the use of the word salvation in the Psalms.
Psalm


Because we the church believe humans need salvation, and God has responded graciously to our need, therefore I accept God's salvation and recommend it to all.

XI Salvation: God So Loved the World - Day 5

RSV
Romans 5:6-21 (reconciled through Christ)
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Hebrews 2 (Christ the pioneer of salvation)
TM;

Gustavo_Gutierrez

XI Salvation: God So Loved the World - Day 4

RSV
Luke 15:1-10 (joy over repenting sinner)
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Acts 10 (God's impartiality)
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XI Salvation: God So Loved the World - Day 3

RSV
Isaiah 12
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Isaiah 55
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Rudolf_Bultmann

XI Salvation: God So Loved the World - Day 2

RSV
Psalm 33 (the Lord our help and shield)
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Psalm 68 (God's power and victory)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Herbert

XI Salvation: God So Loved the World - Day 1

RSV
Numbers 21:1-9 (bronze serpent)
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John 3:1-15 (born of water and Spirit)
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Hildegard_of_Bingen

X Grace - Day 7

"I was a traitor doom'd to fire,
Bound to sustain eternal pains;
Christ flew on wings of strong desire,
Assum'd my guilt, and took my chains.

Infinite grace! Almighty charms!
Stand in amaze, ye whirling skies,
Jesus the God, with naked arms,
Hangs on a cross of love, and dies.

Did pity ever stoop so low,
Dress'd in divinity and blood?
Was ever rebel courted so
In groans of an expiring God?"
--"Desiring to Love Christ" Isaac Watts
Isaac_Watts

X Grace - Day 6

Sola_fide

Sola_gratia

Sola_scriptura

Means_of_Grace

What is it about grace - if anything - that bothers you?

Look back over your past week and list all the times and ways you experienced God's grace without being aware of it at the time.
What conclusions do you draw about God's grace in your life?


Seeking More Understanding
Prevenient_grace

Sanctifying_grace

X Grace - Day 5

RSV
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (Paul's experience of grace)
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Ephesians 1:1-14 (blessed in Christ)
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Denise_Levertov

X Grace - Day 4

RSV
Luke 15 (God seeks the lost)
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Romans 5 (justification by faith)
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X Grace - Day 3

RSV

Isaiah 35 (God's people restored)

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Hosea 1-2 (God woos faithless Israel)

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Augustus_Toplady

X Grace - Day 2

RSV
Job 42 (Job's fortunes restored)
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Psalm 136 (God's steadfast love)
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X Grace - Day 1

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Judges 2:10-19 (cycle of unfaithfulness)

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2 Kings 20 (God's response to Hezekiah)

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IX Sin: The Trouble We're In - Day 7

Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun,Which was my sin, though it were done before?Wilt thou forgive that sin, through which I run,And do run still, though still I do deplore?When thou hast done, thou hast not done,For I have more.

Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have wonOthers to sin, and made my sin their door?Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shunA year or two, but wallow'd in, a score?When thou hast done, thou hast not done,For I have more.

I have a sin of fear, that when I have spunMy last thread, I shall perish on the shore;But swear by thyself, that at my death thy SonShall shine as he shines now, and heretofore;And, having done that, thou hast done;I fear no more.
John_donne

IX Sin: The Trouble We're In - Day 6

Does sin have new names today?
If so, what are they?

How would you define sin?

What are the roots from which both personal sin and social sin spring?

How are personal and social sin intertwined?


SEEKING MORE UNDERSTANDING

John Wesley's notes on Job intro
John Wesley sermon Orignial Sin

wikipedia: Book_of_Job

Sin

picture comes from the cd valley of thorns of the band dying

IX Sin: The Trouble We're In - Day 5

I John 3:4-10 (children of God)
RSV
TM;

Kallistos_(Ware)_of_Diokleia

IX Sin: The Trouble We're In - Day 4

RSV
Matthew 5:21-30 (removing the source of sins)
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Romans 3:1-20 (all guilty of sin)
TM;

Reinhold_Niebuhr

IX Sin: The Trouble We're In - Day 3

RSV

Psalm 32 (confession and forgiveness)

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Psalm 51:1-17 (prayer for forgiveness)

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IX Sin: The Trouble We're In - Day 2

RSV
Leviticus 6:24-30 (sin offering)
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Ezekiel 18 (individual responsibility)
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Saint_Teresa_of_Avila

IX Sin: The Trouble We're In - Day 1

RSV
Genesis 2:15-17 (forbidden fruit)
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Genesis 3:1-19 (sin and punishment)
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Augustine_of_Hippo

Julian_of_Norwich