The Christian constantly lives in a series of tensions between one reality and another. There is the tension between the reality of things that are and the things of faith. There is also the tension between being worldly wise and spiritually true; between being relevant and faithful; and between longing for heaven, yet working actively for change on earth.
These tensions will probably be permanent with us. But Christ's incarnation does point the way for us. There God embraced both the world and sought to redeem it.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
