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Posted on December 5, 2017December 15, 2017

A Prison Cell, Advent, and the Mystery of the Incarnation

The gospel truth of Advent—the mystery of the Incarnation—is that God doesn’t blow the door down from the outside. Rather, Christ dwells among us, in the prison with us, breaking open the prison door from the inside, confounding all worldly powers and leading us out into the light and life of freedom.

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