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The swing of golf legend Bobby Jones as captured by photographer Harold Edgerton

I have also added The Boneman to the blogfeeds. His latest entry is an interesting, and I think helpful, comparison of salvation and a golf swing. Here's most of it:

So I'm learning to play golf. I think everyone understands how difficult golf is, but you can't really appreciate just how difficult it is until you try it. For instance, take the most basic part of the game - the golf swing - what you do to simply hit a small ball with a stick. To have a proper swing you must break-down, analyze, and correct your:

* Club choice
* Stance
* Grip
* Head position
* Back-swing
* Address
* Follow-through

And yet - after all of these particular parts of the swing, there is only ONE golf swing. If you assume the right stance without gripping the club, there is no golf swing. If you have a stance and grip the club, but don't move your arms, there is no golf swing. A golf swing is not a golf swing without all of these aspects working together in perfect harmony.

Salvation for the Christian is very much like this. We can talk about predestination, calling, regeneration, imputation, justification, adoption, sanctification, glorification, etc., but each of these is just an aspect of what it means to be united to Jesus Christ. Yes, these aspects are distinct, but when we lose sight of what they accomplish as a whole, we aren't "in the game" anymore.

Pretty good. Thanks, Boneman!