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Cover art: Valley of the Shadow by Jeff Johnson.
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Note from the Editor
Praying for a Savior by Veronica McDonald.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
Romans 12:1 NIV
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 NIV
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV
I usually begin an issue of Heart of Flesh with one Bible verse that seems to speak to the whole of what is about to be presented. This time three passages come to mind—all pertaining to our bodies. Among the poems and writings you’ll find here, there emerges a theme of the self, and particularly the body, as the battleground of intense spiritual occurrences. The body is a place of flesh and sin and corruption. A place that can be defiled. But it is also the form that God created—a form that He is capable of using for great things if we surrender it to Him by taking our bag of bones and sacrificing it on the altar of His goodness, telling Him it is His. The body is where we are baptized in water and in Holy Spirit fire—the holy ground where physical and spiritual matter meet. The body is the place most intimate with our souls, where our spirits dwell, and—even more profound—the place where God Himself dwells if we allow Him. It’s worth stating: your body is a temple—either a temple of the God of the universe or a temple of your own self-worship. This is where divine miracles and great acts of rebellion occur … READ MORE.
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