#Divinity into the dark full

HereвЂ™s a common understanding of the term that matches the sense I internalized in my youth: вЂњLogos is an important term in Western philosophy, rhetoric, and religion. I wanted that abundant life!Д«ut what is this вЂњWordвЂќ that became flesh? From my adolescent years, I remember that the Greek word for вЂњWordвЂќ was вЂњ logos,вЂќ which sounded a lot like logic. Later in the same Gospel of John, this Word became flesh in Jesus states, вЂњI have come that they may have life, and have it abundantlyвЂќ (John 10:10). Some elegant intelligence brings light and grace and truth to the world. Indeed, this was and is the great Christian mystery of the Incarnation вЂ“ that the fullness of the eternal Godhead came into human form in Jesus, the template for ChristianityвЂ™s cosmovision in which matter and spirit each surrender their particularity for an eternal flowing in and out of form.

#Divinity into the dark full

5В The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome itвЂ¦.The Word came flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.вЂќД¬hristmas scenes accompany these memories along with the glorious refrains of HandelвЂ™s Messiah, вЂњThe glory of the Lord shall be revealedвЂ¦.And all flesh shall see it together.вЂќ 4В In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 3В Through him all things were made without him nothing was made that has been made. вЂњIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Probably the most memorable passage from my youth about God, Jesus, and the nature of reality was from John 1:1-5, 14:

The вЂњChrist TempleвЂќ at Tao Fung Shan retreat center.