Recognition dawns with the speaking of her name. But is it merely slow recognition, or does the power of his spoken word cause an effectual change which commences with the identifying and possession of personal knowledge of the risen Lord? The recognition of not only the man Jesus, but the resurrected messiah, Jesus Christ. Hope [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Mary Magdalene, from despair to hope renewed
Posted in Christianity, Speech/Act, The Church, Theology on April 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A hard road
Posted in Christianity, Theology on April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For those who stand in covenant with God, pragmatism in faith, piety and practice is idolatry, it becomes a demand for glory in this present, evil age. It demands the trappings of habitation, rather than the provisions of a pilgrim.
A two way street and Hermeneutics the crossing guard
Posted in Christianity, Epistemology, Theology on April 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
” For those who believe that God meets us in personal address in and through the Scriptures, biblical language cannot be reduced to symbolized expressions of pious experience. This means that while it is certainly true that particular biblical metaphors for God will have different meanings for different groups in different [...]
Pilgrims or Homesteaders
Posted in Christianity, The Church, Theology on April 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Pilgrims, a living temple being built up in Christ, those who shall neither worship in Samaria nor Jerusalem but in spirit and truth. This is the church, in many ways existing in a reconstituted ethical sphere as people of the tabernacle. What I mean by this is that the [...]
