I freely admit that I am a fan of the singer Adele, or at least her music. When driving back from church during my undergrad days, my friends and I would put on any one of her albums and belt along with the songs. It might seem strange to suggest that the fifth song on Adele’s 30 album offers anything remotely close to a Christological reflection on Holy Saturday. But we shouldn’t be surprised to find that imagery of an entirely secular song written about the aftershocks of divorce finds overlap with the core Christian doctrine of the Descent.
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