1. Jesus, the victoriously wounded one, is the giver of the charismata. This is what Ephesians (4.7-11) tells us: “It was he who gave…” Jesus’ gifts are from the Father through the Spirit to the church for the world. The charismata are manifestations of Jesus himself and in the realest possible sense his action in the [...]
Archive for July, 2008
12 Theses on Spiritual Gifts
Posted in Charismata, Christian life, Glossolalia, Holy Spirit, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, Pentecostalism, Spirituality on July 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Reinhold Niebuhr on Childlikeness
Posted in Uncategorized on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spiritual health in both individuals and societies is an achievement of maturity in which some excellency of childhood is consciously reclaimed, after being lost in the complexities of life. It is an inner integrity not on this but the other side of inner conflict; it is sincerity not on this but the other side of [...]
David Milch, Eschatological Story-telling, and the Argument from Desire
Posted in C.S. Lewis, Eschatology on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Listening to David Milch’s director’s commentary for “John From Cincinnati,” I came upon this:
“You can mythologize any family experience and if it elicits in the hearts of the viewers a sense of the continuity of things, it works as religion.”
Milch is right, I think. Etymologically, “religion” has to do with binding up, with constraining, as [...]
The History of God
Posted in Christology, God, Incarnation, Jesus, Poetry, The Resurrection, Theology of Hope on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The History of God
In the beginning,
there was the Word. And then,
the Word-made-flesh.
After that, there was the dying of the Word-made-flesh. And the being dead.
In the end,
there was
- and ever is -
the Word-made-new-flesh.
This is
our hope and salvation:
the history of
God.
The Meaning(s) of (Christian) Marriage
Posted in Marriage, Theological Reflection on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As a guest at Faith and Theology, Kim Fabricius has done some suburb theological reflection on the meaning(s) of marriage. I don’t, of course, agree with him on all points. And I suspect that as I continue to think about it, I’ll find that I disagree quite strongly on some points. But I’m glad to [...]
