{"id":4561,"date":"2011-12-26T07:46:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T13:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/?p=4561"},"modified":"2015-03-13T16:54:49","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T21:54:49","slug":"shane-hipps-salvation-is-liberation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2011\/12\/26\/shane-hipps-salvation-is-liberation\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Hipps: Salvation IS Liberation"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Shane has a nice, brief reflection on this season and the birth of a Savior:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Among other things,<strong> Jesus liberates by mediating God\u2019s Presence to us<\/strong>. \u00a0In the midst of our pains and prisons, Jesus liberates us through Presence. \u00a0God\u2019s Presence is a subtle, unique, and powerful kind of liberation. \u00a0It does not promise to change our circumstance, instead it transforms the way we relate to our circumstance. \u00a0It gives clarity, acceptance, and hope in the midst of the storm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/shanehipps.com\/2011\/12\/jesus-or-emmanuel\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00bb Immanuel and the Eye<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shane has a nice, brief reflection on this season and the birth of a Savior: Among other things, Jesus liberates by mediating God\u2019s Presence to us. \u00a0In the midst of our pains and prisons, Jesus liberates us through Presence. \u00a0God\u2019s Presence is a subtle, unique, and powerful kind of liberation. \u00a0It does not promise to 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