Tyler Schwartz

To understand the good news about salvation through Jesus Christ, we must first understand some things about who God is, and who we are.  First, God created us for His glory (Isaiah 43:6-7).  This means that we exist to show His greatness in all we do by joyfully preferring and depending on His ways instead of our own.  Since we were created to glorify God, it is our responsibility as creatures to do so (I Corinthians 10:31). 

"It was rock'n'roll- icious," says Ben Jensen, following the Christian metal concert in the MUB commons this past Wednesday.   Matt Radue then added "It rocked me in all my parallel universes."  As you can tell, students had a lot of fun, despite the limited turnout.  I even saw an elderly woman walking past the show who got into the fun, doing her own little jig.  The show started with band "medic! medic!" out of Iron River, whose music I'd classify as noise experimental.  It was great—their improvised beats and rifts were quite amazing, partially reminding me of the band Mute Math. 

Scripture clearly demonstrates that God established the union between a man and his wife to be a metaphor of the relationship between God and His people - between Christ and His church. Paul states in his letter to the Ephesians: "'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church." (Ephesians 5:31-32 ESV).