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Advent 2022 – From Generation to Generation
The title of our Advent teaching series comes from a portion of Mary’s song in the Gospel of Luke: Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. His mercy is for those who fear him From Generation to Generation. – Luke 1: 48b–50 Our series begins with Matthew’s genealogy. In that long list of names, we remember the trauma and triumph of those…
“Kingdom Hybridity” (Ephesians 2.11-22)
In the second half of chapter 2, Paul teaches that the cross of Jesus does more than just reconcile people to God, it also reconciles people groups to one another. Namely, Jesus’s life of self-sacrificial love shows us the way to peace and tears down the divisions between people of different cultures. The Way of Jesus creates an entirely new kind of human community. But, multiethnic churches might fall into the trap of thinking “multiculturalism” is what this text prescribes.…