Sublime

This Pauline emphasis on union with Christ had been a dominant motif in Calvin’s exposition of the gospel and the Christian life.

The Effects of the Fall on Individual Personhood

Paul is evangelized by the act of ministry, by a minister sharing in his broken person. Paul must give himself over to the new narrative shape of Christ; he must have faith that this new narrative is the constitution of reality—that indeed from death comes life.

As Western culture increases its speed in the race away from Christendom, as hostility to orthodox and evangelical Christianity increases and becomes increasingly legislated, we will eventually see a separation of the men from the boys. Which pastors will cave to worldly wisdom in fear for their own livelihoods and comfort, and which will fear God,

But for this core not to disappear into subjectivism, we must also recognize the experiential within personhood. To be “in Christ” is to have an experience of the person of Jesus encountering our own person. Person or personhood (hypostasis) is a distinct spiritual and theological assertion having its origins in the early church fathers, particular

Psalm 16 feels more accessible after we’ve walked closely with David.