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THE BOOK / AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORDINARY
GOD AND THE CREATED WORLD.
Creation is not God. Humanity is not divine.
The distinction makes the witness possible.
The Witness Papers considers what creation, human nature, and Scripture tell us about God without confusing the creature with the Creator.
Across essays on science, freedom, and the image of God, Richard Hernandez examines the responsibilities that follow from Christian belief.
CREATION / PERSONHOOD / FREEDOM / CHRIST
“The cross is no correction for the mistake of creating free persons. It is God’s refusal to abandon them.”
“God is the Original. Humanity is the image. Whatever we reflect from God is reflected as creatures: limited, dependent, embodied, and now bent by sin.”
BETWEEN THE COVERS
Selected passages from The Witness Papers.
01 — NEARNESS & DISTANCE
“Prayer is not a flare fired into empty space. It is the creature answering the One in whom the creature already lives.”
02 — CREATION & ORDER
“Order is not the enemy of wonder. Order is the invitation to keep looking.”
03 — IMAGE & IDENTITY
04 — FREEDOM
DISPATCHES
More questions. Less noise.
A letter from Outpost 27. The books are only part of the conversation.
OUTPOST 27 / MONTHLY LETTER
DISPATCHED
New writing, book updates, and notes from my desk. Sent monthly.
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