Geoffrey Holsclaw
Today people are waking to the probability that the Senate flipped toward the Democrats. And they are having an epiphany. Some are responding with celebration. Others in consternation. Some fear the chaos coming with the Biden administration. Others feared the chaos of the Trump administration. Some speak of the chaos of white supremacy. Others […]
On Sunday we started new class on “God with Us: Being the Temple for the World”
I know that not everyone at Life on the Vine could make it, and perhaps others on the inter-webs might be interested, so I’m going to try and write up quick summaries of each class.
We started with the question of “What does the phrase ‘God with us’ make us think about it”? Answers ranged from this being a comforting promise to it being a truth that can seriously let us down. Is God ‘with us’ in our ideas, opinions, our community, the world? And really, how, when, and where is God ‘with us’? Is “GOD with us” or “God with US”? And what does this have to do with “salvation”, and “eschatology”, and all those other theological words?
God With Us
After this discussion I began to set the terms and outline for the class. The first is “God with us.”
I’m working on my sermon on John 3:1-21, which covers the ‘born-again’ conversation with Nicodemus to the famous “for God so loved the world” verse. But neither of these themes should be disconnected from the two episodes covered in John 2. There Jesus first turns water into wine, and then goes on to clear the […]