Ed Marcelle

Gospel Incarnation Series [Part 2 of 3]: Click | View Series And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and full of truth. – John 1:14 I have drawn out Terra Nova’s system of living out the gospel from John 1:14. If the body of Christ is to live out the mission of Christ, it must be the things that John represents—present, full of truth, and full of grace. We have created three zones out of which that happens: Justice, Culture, and Mercy.

Justice

Truth is the building block of all law. It is the building block of all “rightness.” The binary process of declaring right from wrong only comes from God, the Great Lawmaker. When we represent justice, we are acknowledging that we as human beings violate the truth and live in “unrightness” and that we want to shine the light of rightness into a dark world.

Light in Darkness

We have chosen the issue of human trafficking, a very dark place that desperately needs Christ’s glorious light. It has been our philosophy that in the incarnational presence of culture, justice, and mercy, narrow and deep is better than wide and shallow. Our call to intervene in human trafficking has led to a partnership with Love 146. Practically, this means for the past two years we have put together and held a festival called Abolition Week. We shared films, Derek Webb came out and performed, and speakers who have dedicated their lives to abolition were featured, including Ben Skinner, author of A Crime So Monstrous, and Rob Morris, founder of Love 146. The local arts center, local bands, restaurants, businesses, and radio stations partnered with us to promote, host and sponsor these events. The larger city community was invited to share in these events to raise awareness and action to combat human trafficking. To be continued.
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