Becoming Fully Human EP115

Becoming Fully Human EP115

From Finding Our Way by James and Larry

May 25, 2026 · 28 min · Season 3 · Episode 115

About this episode

The episode explores the profound implications of the Incarnation, emphasizing its significance beyond mere qualification for sacrifice to a deeper union with humanity.

From the transcript... All right, this might be good too because I’ve got a star by it: “The Word through whom all things were made enters into the very fabric of creation—human flesh—to renew it from within.” We didn’t think much about that. I mean, five years of seminary, growing up in church—we didn’t really sit with the weight of the Incarnation. There wasn’t much meditation on it. If it came up, it was mostly used as proof: He was sinless, He was perfect, the Son of God. But not much beyond that. And if I’m honest, the way it was often summarized went something like this: God became a man so He could avoid a sin nature, fulfill the law, and have a body that could die. Almost like the Incarnation was just a necessary step toward the cross—a means to an end. But when you slow down and really look again… that feels painfully small. Because what’s being said here—what the apostles are actually seeing—is something far more sweeping, far more intimate. The One through whom all things were made doesn’t just visit creation—He enters into it. Fully. Personally. Not to stand outside of it and fix it from a distance, but to renew it from within. That changes everything. It means the…

People in this episode

Hosts: James, Larry

Topics covered

  • Incarnation
  • humanity
  • spiritual renewal
  • Christian theology
  • union with God

Keywords

  • Incarnation
  • spirituality
  • renewal
  • Christianity
  • theology
  • human nature
  • God

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Colossians

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