Author Archives: Laura

About Laura

My name is Laura and I am on a journey, pondering the implications of God's glorious design of humanity and integrating sundry aspects of this design into a description of what it means to be the new humanity.

Living Glory in the Dailies

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Laura

Recognizing Glory We recognize authentic glory through the witness of Scripture and Spirit. Scripture, as the linguistic revelation of God, is the narrative context by which all of reality is understood, for in it God reveals his character and splendor … Continue reading →

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What happens when we run our bodies against their design?

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Laura

What does our creational design tell us about God? Designed capacity and beauty Our bodies are designed for optimal functioning within a range of diet and activity, yet we have an amazing capacity to adapt to extremely suboptimal conditions. Not … Continue reading →

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Kuyper’s Calvinistic Life System as a Matrix for Glory-ology

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Laura

A Life System This week I began reading an abridged version of Abraham Kuyper’s 1898 Stone Lectures. In Lecture One, he speaks about life systems as that which explain humanity’s relation to God, one another, and the world. Kuyper argues … Continue reading →

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Worldview: Learning to ask the right questions

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Laura

Structure and Direction In Creation Regained, Wolters describes a helpful way of thinking about creation under heaven. God’s creation is good by design, but his design has been corrupted by humanity’s mutiny. Sin’s effects distort the glory-reflecting structure and direction … Continue reading →

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Worldview is so much more than a heading in a theology book

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Laura

Worldview is Personal Our worldview determines how we live. If the underlying structure of the world is designed, purposeful, and knowable, and if the direction of the world ends in the glory of the Creator, then life here, centered on … Continue reading →

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