Incarnation

The Significance of God’s Humanity

Jun 30 2016

The Significance of God’s Humanity

Hebrews Series – Chapter 2 (audio sermon) 

‘What if God Was One of Us?’ – Do you know the song? The Bible says God was one of us. That’s who Jesus was. Like today many in New Testament times were sceptical that God would become a man. The writer of Hebrews explains why he would and did. Click the arrow to play –

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God was ‘One of Us’

Apr 14 2015

God was ‘One of Us’

John 14:8-11 Jesus said, “If you’ve seen me you’ve seen the Father”

“What if God was one of us?” This was the catch question in the song ‘One of Us’ written by Eric Bazilian and sung by Joan Osborne in 1995. Many people have wondered what motivated the song. And for many Christians the most intriguing question is; did the writer know that the Bible says God was indeed one of us? That is obviously a question only he can answer. But in an interview about ‘One of Us,’ Eric Bazilian said something that interests me; he said
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The Word within the Word

Dec 21 2012

The Word within the Word

John 1:1-2, 14, 18

This Sunday I asked the congregation to greet one another with a holy kiss. No one moved, in fact they laughed. Interesting; it’s in the scriptures, it’s commanded (Ro 16.16); so what’s the problem? Well, some things just don’t translate into other cultures very well. Kissing is too intimate to be used as a greeting in an East African church. Here we would be much more comfortable with a holy handshake. But is this disobedience to God’s word? Or alternatively, is it right to impose first century Middle Eastern traditions on modern Africa? Well, on this occasion I decided we would not. So we didn’t kiss, and everyone was quite relieved! But it raises an interesting question. Are parts of scripture just human expressions of God’s word? And do we sometimes err by preaching the expression (kissing) rather than God’s word itself (love one another)? More