I’m reading Bishop Kallistos Ware’s The Orthodox Way (rev. ed. St Vladimir’s Seminary Press: 1998).
Ponder this:
“God alone is noun; all created things are adjectives.” (page 45)
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At the National Pastors Convention, N.T. Wright made mention in passing the book Violence: Reflections from a Christian Perspective by Jacques Ellul. I had only read two books by Ellul—The Subversion of Christianity and The Humiliation of the Word. And I benefited from both.
We live in an increasingly violent world and I have been conditioned by a [...]
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UPDATE: John Piper has clarified his writing quoted below on his blog “Desiring God.” I noticed, however, that John Piper did not address his use of the verb “excommunicated.”
I am grateful for Piper’s clarification, but do not agree with his idea of theological homogeneity at a higher educational institution (like a college or seminary).
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Did you ever try to put a too-small fitted sheet on a mattress? You usually struggle to get 3 corners on tight but when you try to get that fourth one, you find yourself wrestling an alligator! Soon all the corners are bare again and you collapse in a sweat.
I think a lot of Christians [...]
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Unlike the synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke), John’s Gospel has virtually litte about the kingdom of God with correlating parables, no exorcisms, no narratives of Jesus’ baptism or transfiguration, no institution of the Lord’s Table (Eucharist). On the other hand, John offers material absent from the Synoptics–the wedding in Cana, the meetings with Nicodemas and [...]
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Scot McKnight suggested the following post may be the best one on the Internet this year. I read this provocative essay and am still feeling the impact. Read…
After the Show is Over: The Rise of the Feminine in the Postmodern Turn by Sally Morgenthaler
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