It’s easy to think it’s the other way around. Angels, like whales, seem mysterious to us—arcane inhabitants of strange realms; majestic travellers of hidden paths beyond our understanding. But according to Peter we are the whales. We are the mystery.
Christians should rejoice in the divine-human nature of our holy Scriptures. This is not something to be embarrassed about, but something to delight in, something to further commend the goodness of our God and his gospel.
For a few days, I wasn’t sure what to make of Mark Zuckerberg’s uncanny “Meta” video. The thought crossed my mind that it might be a parody: after all, we’ve been using “meta” as a slightly snarky buzzword in philosophy since at least the 1990s and it’s a term well past its peak, more at home in an old comic book than a new corporation. I found something about Zuckerberg’s invitation to the metaverse profoundly disturbing, but I couldn’t put my finger on what it was. I knew that I found something about Zuckerberg’s invitation to the metaverse profoundly disturbing,...
Published out of order, Mark Baddeley marks the penultimate post in our series on The Apostles’ Creed with an examination of the spiritual implications of the incarnation. We have before us one of the lines of the creed that has received one of the more paradoxical receptions in recent centuries. It has been at ground zero for struggles to uphold classical Biblical teaching on the supernatural dimension of the Christian faith, and so has witnessed a multitude of attempts to defend it against secular scepticism. At the same time, however, that defensiveness has inhibited deep reflection about its implications for...
I was overwhelmed when I recently read these words from Hebrews. As Christmas approaches, here are some great reasons to rejoice in the incarnation of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Let me remind you of the human sympathy of the Lord Jesus. I was overwhelmed when I recently read these words from Hebrews about the significance of Jesus’ humanity. Please read the following slowly, and out loud. Jesus’ humanity: Enabled him to die [2:9]: he understands death, for he died a human death. Meant that he suffered in order to be made perfect [i.e., achieve atonement. 2:10]: he understands...
