I came across a very perceptive and fascinating comment from a young man who has come out of the house church/Emergent church movement into Lutheranism. No, this is not a shamless plug for Lutheranism, but rather, for the purpose of this blog site, it is a fascinating look into what a growing number . . . . Continue Reading »
In his discussion of The Idiot , Rowan Williams makes this profound psychological and pastoral observation: “To see the truth in someone is not only to penetrate behind appearances to some hidden static reality. It also has to be, if it is not to be destructive, a grasp of the processes . . . . Continue Reading »
Given that so much evangelical energy is spend defending “objectivity” and “objective truth” against postmodern subjectivism, it’s striking to turn to John Paul II and find him placing the emphasis on precisely the opposite side of things. For John Paul, the . . . . Continue Reading »
A summary of some arguments from Part II of Milbank’s book.It is important to Milbank’s approach that he does not treat sociology as a “discipline” but as a worldview, philosophical standpoint, or theological perspective. He calls it a theology and a church in disguise, . . . . Continue Reading »
What follows is a summary of the first part of Milbank’s Theology and Social Theory: Beyond Secular Reason (Political Profiles) . Once, Milbank begins, there was no secular. And the appearance of the secular is not merely a matter of removing something superfluous, as sociology generally . . . . Continue Reading »
No, says Milbank. But then he often sounds pantheistic, to his contemporaries as well as to us. How does Milbank defend him? Here’s what I think I’ve figured out: 1) God is transcendent, and this means (in Milbank’s Cusan theology) that He transcends oppositions; . . . . Continue Reading »
What should we say about the traditional notion of the analogy of being, rejected vigorously by the very different Reformed theologians, Karl Barth and Cornelius Van Til? Some initial thoughts follow: 1) The Bible gets along just fine without saying God is “Being itself.” So . . . . Continue Reading »
I got interviewed by some idiots here: http://idiots.dunedain.net/ That is not an insult. That’s what they call themselves. . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been impressed by the thoughtful and respectful dialogue here on EVANGEL over the issue of the authority and reliability of the Scriptures. The inerrancy issue has been of particular concern in this conversation, and rightly so. Ironically, inerrant is not nearly as strong a word as . . . . Continue Reading »
We love our stuff, and that makes God less-real to us. We want our relationship with God to be completely under our control the way all our stuff — everything from cars to boxes of paper — is under our control. And because Jesus is not in your face the way this blog is in your face, . . . . Continue Reading »
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