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title: 'The Form of a Servant: The Restoration of a Lost Image'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'John Alexander Mackay'
date: 1958-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Deity, and Person and Work of Christ'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
- 'Sacraments'
scriptures:
- 'John 13'
- 'Philippians 2'
- 'Isaiah 53'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/mackay-1958-the-form-of-a-servant-the-restoration-of-a-lost-image
---

# The Form of a Servant: The Restoration of a Lost Image

John A. Mackay calls for restoring the Bible's 'servant' image—exemplified by Israel, Christ's kenosis and foot-washing—as the basis for Christian ethics, worship, and public life.

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