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Category Archives: Wide Angle
Wide Angle: Three Possible Reasons for Life’s Trials
God had a plan to undo the consequences of the Fall, to heal and restore humanity, and that plan began with Abraham. His line would lead to the Point-of-it-All. And God would get from Abraham to that Point by what … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Theology, Wide Angle
Tagged 1 Peter 1:6, 2 Cor. 4:17, Abraham and Isaac, purpose of testing
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The Five Blessings of Genesis 12
Genesis 12 is one of the most important passages for understanding the Bible. It records the calling of Abraham, from whom the line begins that leads to the point – the point of it all; that leads to Jesus the Messiah.
There are five blessings in Genesis 12, which is significant because there are five curses in the previous eleven chapters of Genesis. Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Theology, Wide Angle
Tagged Blessing of Abraham, Genesis 12, God's Purpose, Revelation 7:9-10, The Curse
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Wide Angle: You Don’t Get to Know God in an Easy Chair
…nowhere in the Bible do we find God calling people by saying, “I have a no-hassle life-plan for self-fulfillment, and it has your name on it. All I ask is that you do me the honor of signing up.” God’s call stretches people. Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Spiritual life, Theology, Wide Angle
Tagged Abraham, Genesis 12, Knowing God
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Wide Angle: The Line Begins
We’ve been using the image of a panoramic picture to help us in thinking about the coherence of the larger story of what God is doing in the world. But it may also be helpful to think of the biblical … Continue reading
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Tagged Call of Abraham, Genesis 12, Is death a punishment?, Romans 5:12, Romans 5:14
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Wide Angle: Fallen (and Still Falling)
When Adam and Eve rebelled against God in the Garden, humanity’s authority over creation was ripped from them. They were divided from God, divided from their inner selves, divided from each other. God had warned them, “In the day you … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Theology, Wide Angle
Tagged Adam's sin, Fall of Man, Genesis 3, Genesis 3:17, redemption, Revelation 13:8
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Wide Angle: Presenting God as a “Cosmic Spoilsport”
I have always assumed, when I read this passage, that the entire temptation took place in a day, even in a few moments. But the text does not really say this, and I suspect that it is not so. Perhaps this temptation continued at intervals for days, or weeks, or even months.
The serpent began by asking a question—not that he cared how the woman answered the question. It was not an answer he was after. He only asked the question to prepare the ground of her mind for the seed of doubt he intended to plant. By prefacing his question with the words, “Did God really say,” he introduced uncertainty into the situation and into her mind. Continue reading
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Tagged doubting God, Garden of Eden, Genesis 3, temptation, Vaughn Roberts - "God's Big Picture"
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Wide Angle: The Story’s Told that Adam Jumped (But I’m Thinking that He Fell)
In a previous Wide Angle Post, we saw dazzling nebulae and listened to the ravishing symphony of streams and winds and waterfalls. We saw the pinnacle of creation – not a towering Mount Everest, not even a vast, trillion-starred galaxy … Continue reading
Posted in Theology, Wide Angle
Tagged depravity, Fall of Man, The Brother's Karamazov
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Wide Angle Series: It Was [Not] So
In ancient times leaders would place images of themselves throughout their kingdoms. (And they do it today, too – one need only think of Kim Il Jong, the North Korean head of state or, previously, Saddam Hussein.) Such images served to remind their subjects of their ruler.
When God made the earth, he intended to place his image everywhere, a constant reminder that he rules the world. Humans were intended to be the living image of God, ruling creation (Genesis 1: 28) as God’s representatives, with his love and wisdom flowing through them to all creation Continue reading
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Tagged creation theology, Garden of Eden, Genesis 2:17, image of God, imago dei
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Wide Angle: The Speaking God
It is hard for us to grasp how God’s word, his communicated thought, can bring matter into being and manipulate it into whatever shape he chooses. But consider a simple analogy: God’s realm covers the vast universe, but you have … Continue reading
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Tagged creation, creation by the word of God, God as artist
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