Tune and Prepare!

Agosto 2016 Andreas J. Köstenberger, Margaret Elizabeth Köstenberger Fuimos creados varón y mujer por designio divino Según el relato de la creación del Génesis, Dios creó a la humanidad hombre y mujer (Gn 1:26-28). La masculinidad y la feminidad son creaciones, no contratos. Son instituidos divinamente y no definidos socialmente. Por lo tanto, nuestra identidad de género no puede renegociarse del mismo modo que refinanciamos una hipoteca o cambiamos la fecha de una cita. Dios nos creó y somos sus criaturas, tanto hombres como mujeres. Fuimos creados varón y mujer a imagen de Dios El diseño de género binario de la humanidad como hombre y mujer refleja de alguna manera misteriosa la naturaleza de Dios. Aunque comparten una humanidad común, el hombre y la mujer son únicos y complementarios más que idénticos. Esta complementariedad, a su vez, refleja una faceta de la propia naturaleza de Dios. También Dios es una unidad dentro de la diversidad (tres en uno, igual en persona, dis

Aug 2016 by: Andreas J. Köstenberger, Margaret Elizabeth Köstenberger We were created male and female by divine design According to the Genesis creation account, God created humanity male and female (Gen 1:26–28). Maleness and femaleness are creational, not contractual. They are divinely instituted rather than socially defined. Thus our gender identity cannot simply be renegotiated the way in which we refinance a mortgage or reschedule an appointment. God created us, and we are his creatures, both men and women. We were created male and female in God’s image Humanity’s binary gender design as male and female reflects in some mysterious way the nature of God. While sharing a common humanity, the man and the woman are unique and complementary rather than identical. This complementarity, in turn, reflects a facet of God’s own nature. God, too, is a unity within diversity (three in one, equal in personhood, distinct in role). This unity in diversity is beautifully reflected in hu

"a voice crying in the wilderness" What does it mean? "John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’ ” Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then the people of Jerusalem and all Judea were going out to him, and all the region along the Jordan, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins." Before that coming .. {John} prepares us for the coming of Jesus. Before that coming, there are many pioneers/heralds: - Many times {often times} suffering comes before him and prepares the way for the coming of Jesus, on the way, as the plough-sower ploughs the field before he sows the earth. - The ground of o

T  he music – the audible music – starts with a raw material, chosen by the manufacturer. The wood, the plank was chosen to be a violin. Not only for its beauty and flawlessness but also for the tradition of man's craft. This gives birth to the Art, gives birth to the shape and elegance, gives birth to the music. It's a well-known story when a violinist gives a concert in the Italian home county of the violin. In the morning, he starts his daily practice at his lodgings and, completely stunned, suddenly stops. He has a "different violin" in his hand. The violin that has come home. Of course, the smart egg-heads will tell you that this is related to the wood's home environment, the humidity, the air and the temperature. But... we musicians know: it's much simpler, than that. The violin is at home and now all the wonders that the master dreamed into the shape centuries ago are at once become audible in the almost tangible and new dimensional music and sound