I love the juxtaposition between the Jerusalem of inner lives and the Athens of the outer world.
God has arranged life in the complementarity of heart and head, introspection and circumspection, motivation and outcome. The Bible is an account of people living their personal stories within its grand one, laying bare the hearts of its participants, and through them our own hearts, with its overarching theme of fall and redemption on terms beyond us and for us.
Only the King of glory come down could fulfill the demands of God’s holy requirements and remove the indelible stain of our cosmic guilt. His Spirit making us alive by faith in his substitutionary death unites motivation with productivity, inward forgiveness and righteousness with outward learning and service, as we ourselves become united forever with our perfect Groom.
I love the juxtaposition between the Jerusalem of inner lives and the Athens of the outer world.
God has arranged life in the complementarity of heart and head, introspection and circumspection, motivation and outcome. The Bible is an account of people living their personal stories within its grand one, laying bare the hearts of its participants, and through them our own hearts, with its overarching theme of fall and redemption on terms beyond us and for us.
Only the King of glory come down could fulfill the demands of God’s holy requirements and remove the indelible stain of our cosmic guilt. His Spirit making us alive by faith in his substitutionary death unites motivation with productivity, inward forgiveness and righteousness with outward learning and service, as we ourselves become united forever with our perfect Groom.