with the world; to divorce the Spirit from matter breaks the rule of Christian speech that God is not to be identified by simple contrast with the world.”12 I assume that there is an inextricable connection between the work of Christ and the work of the Spirit, so that what we call the “coming of the Spirit” is in fact an intensification of the Spirit’s work in creation but directed toward the eschatological goal of salvation in, with, and through Christ.13 Mediation, therefore, means mediation in
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