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God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning of all beginnings and the end of all ends. Join Brent Siddall and the Rev Ian ‘Reido‘ Reid as they explore God, time, salvation and the cosmos. Explore the stories of Western culture as they pivot and interact with the main narrative of salvation history.
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Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
How and why is the Lord Jesus Christ beautiful? In what ways is God beauty itself?
Brent talks with Samuel Parkison about his new Christian Focus book called ‘The Unvarnished Jesus: The Beauty of Christ and his Ugly Rivals’.
Samuel is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Gulf Theological Seminary in the United Arab Emirates. He’s the author of several books.
- (0:47) The beauty of Christ;
- (6:00) God as beauty;
- (9:00) What we learn from the Incarnation;
- (11:00) Jesus and atonement;
- (16:00) Substitutionary atonement;
- (18:00) How the Resurrection demonstrates the beauty of Christ;
- (22:00) How the beauty of Christ transforms the world;
- (25:35) The ugly rivals.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.christianfocus.com/products/3207/the-unvarnished-jesus/info-sheet
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