A friend once told me he suspected that the world and in fact, life itself, is a kind of divine conspiracy with the single purpose of molding souls - a vale of soul-making, he said. Perhaps that is so. Perhaps the moment we have obtained the right shape, have finally been burnished to his likene
04.13.2010| The Fish Tank | Judith Huang
3 CommentsFor the last post in Nick’s series on the “Syntax of Salvation,” click here. “What counts is not so much our knowledge of God as God’s knowledge of us. That is the syntax of salvation.” (Richard Hays) I arrive at last with my concluding reflections on being “known by God.” I
08.25.2009| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
3 CommentsFor the last post in Nick’s series on the “Syntax of Salvation,” click here. “…to be known by God signifieth to be approved and loved by him, and consequently that all our concerns are perfectly known to him and regarded by him. This is the full and final comfort of a believer.” (Richar
08.18.2009| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
No CommentsFor the last post in Nick's series on the "Syntax of Salvation," click here. “The late Hans Frei of Yale University described the development of early modernity as a ‘great reversal,’ whereby the biblical narrative was gradually displaced from its centrality. No longer was the Bible regarded
08.11.2009| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
No Comments“What counts is not so much our knowledge of God as God’s knowledge of us. That is the syntax of salvation.” (Richard Hays) “Whoever, therefore, thinks that he understands the divine Scriptures or any part of them in such a way that it [i.e., his interpretation] does not build the dou
08.4.2009| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
1 Comment“What counts is not so much our knowledge of God as God’s knowledge of us. That is the syntax of salvation.” (Richard Hays) For the last post in Nick's series on the "Syntax of Salvation," click here. To recap in brief fashion: in my last post, I contended that being “known by God
07.28.2009| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
No Comments“What counts is not so much our knowledge of God as God’s knowledge of us. That is the syntax of salvation.” (Richard Hays) For the last post in Nick’s series on the “Syntax of Salvation,” click here. In my previous outing, I pointed out the crucial distinction between God’s
07.2.2009| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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