Ascension Day: Mourning of Celebration?

Speaker(s): Hans Boersma
Date: June 6 2011
Length: 18 min
Product ID: RGDL4101V

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Ascension Day is a feast of the greatest, greatest possible celebration. Ascension Day means God with us, Immanuel.

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In this free sermon from Summer 2011, Hans Boersma explores Psalm 24 as a celebration of Christ's ascension. He addresses and unpacks the psalm's central questions - who may ascend the hill of the Lord? and who is this King of Glory? - unpacking how this pivotal event is good news for all of God's people.

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Hans Boersma is the J. I. Packer Professor of Theology at Regent College. He is the author of several books, including Violence, Hospitality and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition, Nouvelle Theologie and Sacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery, Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry, and Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach.

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