The Body Archives » Sondra Kraak https://sondrakraak.com/category/the-body/ Trails of Love and Grace Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:02:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 102065200 The Redemption of the Body https://sondrakraak.com/the-redemption-of-the-body/ https://sondrakraak.com/the-redemption-of-the-body/#comments Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:02:57 +0000 http://sondrakraak.wordpress.com/?p=769 In the wake of natural disasters, we easily relate to Paul’s words of a groaning creation (Romans 8), and the decaying of our bodies proves that a final, eternal redemption is a necessary reality of the future. Since salvation affects not only our hearts and souls, but also our bodies, does it follow that our […]

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]]> https://sondrakraak.com/the-redemption-of-the-body/feed/ 2 769 This is My Body, Given for You https://sondrakraak.com/this-is-my-body-given-for-you/ Sun, 14 Jul 2013 17:49:53 +0000 http://sondrakraak.wordpress.com/?p=764 “And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.’” […]

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]]> 764 Your Body Matters https://sondrakraak.com/your-body-matters/ Sun, 07 Jul 2013 18:43:15 +0000 http://sondrakraak.wordpress.com/?p=762 God’s image within mankind supplies instantaneous value to each and every person—bodies and all. And for that reason, it’s time to get radical about how we view and treat our bodies. The early church’s perspective on the body radically deviated from Greco-Roman culture . On one side, Gnosticism considered matter to be inherently evil, and did not […]

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]]> 762 A Theology of the Body https://sondrakraak.com/a-theology-of-the-body/ Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:25:19 +0000 http://sondrakraak.wordpress.com/?p=760 Friends, it’s time to be radical about how we think about our bodies. Scripturally radical, and in a pleasant salt-to-the-world way, of course. For that reason, I’ll be looking at a theology of the body this month. Much hype has arisen lately about beauty. Almost daily it seems friends are posting on Facebook articles and […]

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