Distinctives Part VII - Paradise Restored
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Date:
2/24/2008
Price:
FREE
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Part of the imagery associated with redemption pictures it as a return to paradise. God is in the business of redeeming His people to be what He created them to be. What did He create us to be? As we examine the creation account, we find that God created Adam and Eve as His viceroys to rule the earth and as His priests to offer up their labor in worship. God made us to be Kings and Priests on earth - and this is the very thing the New Testament calls us as His redeemed people. What implications does this identity have for our calling as the people of God?
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Stuart Bryan attends St. David's Anglican Church in Post Falls, Idaho and is currently an STM student at Trinity Anglican Seminary in Ambridge, PA. For 17 years, he served as senior pastor of Trinity Church in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He and his wife, Paige, have been married since college and have been blessed with seven grown children (four biological and three adopted internationally) and many... read more
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