You Don't Have to Guess About God Anymore
I've been thinking a lot this week about the deeper meaning of Christmas. What are we celebrating when we celebrate the birth of the Messiah, the Prince of Peace? What does it really mean that God entered into history? As Christians we know how to talk a good game about the arrival of Jesus, and how it changed everything for everyone, but how many of us really internalize the truth of what theologians call the Incarnation (God taking on human form)? The Gospel of John declares: "The [Eternal Creative] Word [of God] became flesh (Jesus) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen God's glory of the one and only [Son], who came from the Father, full of grace and truth... No one has ever seen God, but the one and only [Son], who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known." I don't think most of us really get what this means for us. Think about it. What John is saying is we don't...