Incarnation (198)
  1. Would You Like to Play a Game? Gillespie and Riley return to Robert Capon to read and discuss the incarnation of Jesus and how we try to turn free grace into a transaction.
  2. Because of the ascension, the manger has become the cosmos.
  3. We would rather be God ourselves. But, being God is always beyond our grasp.
  4. Any and all failure is re-written to portray us as either victor or victim.
  5. Our sinful nature is ever present this side of eternity. We need a constant reminder of what a friend of mine once said, “Jesus is the reason. Period."
  6. In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss C.S. Lewis’ thoughts on God being born a man.
  7. On Epiphany, we celebrate the day when men, made wise for salvation through the Word, met their righteousness.
  8. But the Creator of life and breath does not wait for Moses to identify with worthiness.
  9. Immanuel is born to rescue all of us weak-hearted, cowardly, self-deceiving children of this world. He comes to set us free in the liberation of His death.
  10. With her iPhone, Mary snapped a pic of Jesus in the manger, chose the Clarendon filter, and posted it to her Instagram account.
  11. He is and evermore shall be God With Us: though we await His second physical Advent, He is still fully human and fully present in His Word and Sacraments.
  12. It’s the Christmas season, that time of year when families gather together to exchange gifts and spend time with one another.
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