Merry Christmas!
Quote on the Incarnation
From Shaun Groves:
A new King. A new kingdom. The kingdom of God lying in a manger, growing in Nazareth, learning from the rabbis, wearing his prayer shawl, preaching in the synagogue, ""The Spirit of the Lord is on ME, because He has anointed ME to preach good news to the poor. He has sent ME to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." (Luke 4:18-19)
Revolution has come to a manger, come through a Jewish rabbi born to a virgin in the Middle East. And an empire, a god, a savior, is overthrown. A new kingdom for the poor of spirit, the mourning and the quitters that would outlast the reign of all Caesars has come...
What the nativity scene dimly lit on our mantles fails to capture for us is the defiance, the seditiousness of the Christ. The placid figurines leave us wondering why anyone would want to kill this precious child. Remember though: asleep on that hay is the King of Kings come to do through his people what no Caesar could, come to bow every knee, erase every border, destroy every flag, save every soul, free every captive, feed every stomach, open every eye, right every injustice - and do so by giving up His own life, not by taking another's.
Wonderful Counselor. Mighty God. Everlasting Father. Prince of Peace.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Oh, and Go Bears! See Cal's blog for details on Vegas.
From Shaun Groves:
A new King. A new kingdom. The kingdom of God lying in a manger, growing in Nazareth, learning from the rabbis, wearing his prayer shawl, preaching in the synagogue, ""The Spirit of the Lord is on ME, because He has anointed ME to preach good news to the poor. He has sent ME to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." (Luke 4:18-19)
Revolution has come to a manger, come through a Jewish rabbi born to a virgin in the Middle East. And an empire, a god, a savior, is overthrown. A new kingdom for the poor of spirit, the mourning and the quitters that would outlast the reign of all Caesars has come...
What the nativity scene dimly lit on our mantles fails to capture for us is the defiance, the seditiousness of the Christ. The placid figurines leave us wondering why anyone would want to kill this precious child. Remember though: asleep on that hay is the King of Kings come to do through his people what no Caesar could, come to bow every knee, erase every border, destroy every flag, save every soul, free every captive, feed every stomach, open every eye, right every injustice - and do so by giving up His own life, not by taking another's.
Wonderful Counselor. Mighty God. Everlasting Father. Prince of Peace.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Oh, and Go Bears! See Cal's blog for details on Vegas.
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