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Winter 2020

Volume 26, Number 1 · Three articles

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  1. Jesus Christ is the Life – Part 1 John P. Burgess
  2. Jesus Christ is the Truth – Part 1 Richard Burnett
  3. Jesus Christ is the Way – Part 1 James Edwards

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In this issue

  1. Theology

    Jesus Christ is the Life – Part 1

    Burgess opens with a memory of his grandfather, a lifelong Presbyterian missionary in Guatemala, scooping him up off a Denver bus when he was four. The keynote builds from that scene toward the question every Christian eventually meets: where is real life actually found?

    John P. Burgess20 min read

  2. Theology

    Jesus Christ is the Truth – Part 1

    The 2020 TM conference set itself the task of confessing Jesus as the way, truth, and life in a pluralistic culture. Burnett's opening keynote asks what makes that confession provocative now, and what we still need to learn about saying it well.

    Richard Burnett30 min read

  3. Theology

    Jesus Christ is the Way – Part 1

    John 14:6 is the most famous line in the Fourth Gospel and the only place there Jesus calls himself 'the way.' Edwards argues that 'way, truth, and life' aren't three separate virtues but characteristics of a single person, and that John 14 isn't about future glory but present access.

    James Edwards13 min read
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