1. What the gospel promises is not escape from our humanity, but resurrection from the dead.
  2. Everyone dreads what might happen if political control is captured by the enemy. Paranoia is the characteristic feature of this kind of under-realized eschatology.
  3. This blog is a part of our Advent series on the hope we find in, through and given by Christ. Each week’s installment will look at hope from a different perspective with special emphasis on corresponding passages of Scripture.
  4. The death and resurrection of our Lord has indeed removed the power of all these things. But they remain for now, even so.