John 1 opens with a staggering claim: "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us." In that single sentence, everything changes. The transcendent God—the Creator of galaxies and the Author of time—steps into human history, not as an observer, but as one of us.

This is no distant deity peering down from the heavens. In Jesus, God moves into our neighborhood. He feels hunger, grief, betrayal, and suffering. He lives our human experience from the inside, not merely to sympathize, but to save. In doing so, He addresses the deepest human problem—not just pain or injustice, but sin—and begins to reverse the curse of Adam through His perfect obedience.

The Incarnation is not a one-time event locked in history. It’s a turning point that continues to transform lives today. Christ, now risen, is present by His Spirit, building His Church, healing brokenness, and inviting us into the divine life. God is not just for us—He is with us, even in the darkest moments.

This talk explores how the Incarnation reframes our understanding of God, of ourselves, and of what it means to live in a world forever changed by Christ’s coming. If God has moved in, how can we live the same?

Mark is a Data Analyst with three decades of experience in IT in various SW roles ranging from global administration, software development, and Data modeling. His current focus is the ETL interfacing of ERP/CRM/Web-based sources with Data warehouses and the development of Data modelling for reports on every area of his business. His company sells security architecture. He has had various lay leader roles as a preacher, bible group leader, and discussion group leader in Anglican and conservative Evangelical churches in the U,K and is currently based in a Lutheran church here in Germany. Previously, he worked with the missionary organization OM in Israel, Germany, the UK, France, and Poland. He has a degree in Theology from the London Bible College, a PhD in Political Philosophy from Southampton University, which was an apologetic study of the atheist thinker Friedrich Nietzsche’s views on authority. He has published various novels on church history themes and runs an online Grill a Christian contest in a Writers Forum. His passion is to bring the light of Christ into dark minds, to undo the damage wrought by secular humanism, and to see revival in the church across Europe and the UK.