In what ways has our American culture shaped the ways in which we think about the person and work of Christ? That's the focus of this edition of the White Horse Inn as Michael Horton talks with Stephen Nichols, author of Jesus: Made in America, recently published by Inter-Varsity Press. Broadcast August 17, 2008.
"One thing American Evangelicals are really good at is experience, talking about experience. And especially personal experience. And we do a great job taking about 'Jesus is my friend' &ellipsis; But, Jesus is also the second member of the Trinity. And sometimes the way we think about Christ or the way we present Christ almost diminish Him, or sentimentalize Him, or trivialize Him. And we really do have images of Jesus that fall short of Christ as the God-man."
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It's easy to focus so much on Jesus' humanity that we forget His divinity, as you've posted. It's also easy to miss the balance the other way, focusing so much on His divinity that I forget His humanity. He is near, yet transcendent; he is transcendent, yet personal.
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