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The Difference Between the Iliad and the Incarnation
“…the relation of the [biblical writer] to the truth of his story still remains a far more passionate and definite one than is Homer’s relation. The Biblical narrator was obliged to write exactly what his belief in the truth of the tradition…demanded of him—in either case, his freedom in creative or representative imagination was severely… more »
The Dialogical Relationship of Sin and Grace
I relish dynamic, insightful quotes that awaken me from my spiritual slumber and shock me out of the idolatrous lethargy I so often inhabit. Lately, I’ve been re-reading a memorable, if spectacularly unpleasant, book by Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. titled Not The Way It’s Supposed To Be: A Breviary of Sin and was struck anew by his piercing musings on the final page.
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Why I Love Luther
I love Martin Luther–in spite of his many failings–because he grasped that a passionate, unwearying insistence on faith alone apart from works is the best way to actually produce good works in the lives of God’s people. Like Paul, Luther’s aim in all things was to bring about “the obedience of faith” (Romans 1:5, 16:26,… more »
The Narrative Identity of God
“Fire. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and the scholars…” (Pascal, November 23, 1654)
For my money, one of the most undeniably significant insights of modern biblical scholarship is the increasing recognition of “narrative” as central to genuinely Christian thought about God. I do not want to go too far and critique… more »
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