In the last post I celebrated 2 years of Alancetotheheart. It has been a fun ride of progressive revelation. I have found some themes and concepts have persisted over the two years but the backdrop of theology has obviously changed. I like to find those threads and see how they have morphed as my mind has … Continue reading Progressive Revelation
Tag: universal atonement
Mess Makers – The great I am NOT
In "Undeniable Incarnate Inclusion" I tried to capture just a glimpse of what the incarnation means to us. That is actually a funny way of putting since the incarnation means everything to us. There is a definitive before and after. We are in the definitive "after." We are one with Jesus. We are included in … Continue reading Mess Makers – The great I am NOT
Mess Makers – Unbelief
What has always been at the root of the demise of mankind is our fallen image of God. The knowledge of good and evil made us so self-aware and self-centered that we couldn't look past our shame to embrace the beauty and love of God. Our obsession with self had created a void of identity. Our … Continue reading Mess Makers – Unbelief
The Weaver’s Table
There is a poem that was made popular by Corrie Ten Boom called “Life is but a Weaving” (the Tapestry Poem). In this poem God is the great weaver of the tapestry of our lives. I heard a variation on that "theme" by C. Baxter Kruger. He was relating a story of a Grandfather who … Continue reading The Weaver’s Table
Stop looking in the shadows
In Light and Darkness I tried to show that what we lack as a fallen human race is revelation. We all know good from evil. We all ate from the tree. Our consumption of poisoned fruit gave us a broken judger. This broken judgment mechanism is the "original sin" we pass down. We pass from one … Continue reading Stop looking in the shadows
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