The Ministry of Full Reconciliation

Abstract Intrinsic to Western culture is the preconscious embrace of a Platonic dualism that bifurcates human life into two dimensions: the physical and the spiritual. Although pervasive in Western culture, this Greek dualism contrasts with the Hebraic anthropology of the Bible, which espouses a Spirit-animated and holistic integration of the physical and spiritual. This article presupposes that a fully integrated union of the physical and spiritual is the biblical anthropology of human life. Furthermore, only this integrated living provides a coherent Christian faith when viewed through the lens of Western culture. This article will establish a biblical anthropology of a Spirit-animated, integrated human life on a biblical and theological foundation, with the hope that a contemporary movement toward integration and Gospel coherence will result through individual Christians and the collective Christian Church proclaiming the ministry of full reconciliation in Christ to the world.