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Living In The Promises And Place Of God- A Theology Of The World, Charles Arand, Erik Herrmann
Living In The Promises And Place Of God- A Theology Of The World, Charles Arand, Erik Herrmann
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This Concordia Pages explores how locating the story of salvation within the broader, biblical story of creation impacts our witness in the world. In particular, it considers how being placed alongside our fellow creatures as recipients of God’s goodness and mercy opens up the possibility for a reciprocity of witness—the way in which our lives, contingent and intertwined, allow for both Christians and non-Christians to bear witness to the work and wonder of God. In such a context, the uniqueness of the Christian witness finds renewed purchase and possibility.
Christ Is Risen, Indeed- Good News For Him And For Us, Jeffrey Gibbs
Christ Is Risen, Indeed- Good News For Him And For Us, Jeffrey Gibbs
Concordia Pages
About “Christ Is Risen, Indeed: Good News for Him and for Us,” Jeff Gibbs writes:
Good Friday and Easter (along with Ascension and Pentecost) go together, one event, in a sense. Different New Testament texts invite us to emphasize now one aspect of that multifaceted reality, now another. Even when the focus is, for instance, on the death of Jesus, there is more than one thing to say about it: propitiation, ransom, redemption, casting out of Satan, a pattern for our discipleship, and so on. All are true. In this essay, however, my focus will be quite intentionally on the …