APPOINTED- senior show

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A PORTRAIT SHOW BY JOSHUA CANTY

Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated with the heroic narratives of the Old Testament, stories of grandeur that involved men and women who bravely relied on the will of the Lord to guide them into battles and redeem His people. However heroic these characters were, there also seemed to be pervasive brokenness, separation, even sorrow -- a reminder that these men and women were still affected by the Fall

I find this duality of heroism and defeat to be particularly ever-present within the Judges of Israel. God ordained these individuals as conduits to redeem His people, yet they were in need of that very redemption themselves. The accounts of the Judges show us only fragments: small windows into their narratives, which articulate their fallenness and reflect on their need for redemption. These moments allow us to enter into the picture, inserting our own lives in place of the Judges, regarding their brokenness as ours, and sharing in that experience, for we too are called to redeem as well as be redeemed. We too have been appointed.

APPOINTED- senior show

Published: August 5th 2011

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