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Jan 14 / 12:58am

Nothing So Secular

There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the incarnation.

Madeleine L'Engle

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May 5 / 11:08am

Any Discussion...

The mission of Jesus is healing justice, [and] the ending of disease, dislocation, and oppression... if this is Jesus' vision, and atonement is one way of speaking of what God's redemptive work in the world is designed to accomplish, then the creation of a community where God's will is done is inherent to the meaning of atonement. Any discussion of atonement apart from discussion of the kingdom fails to do justice to the biblical framing of God's redemptive work in the world.

Scot McKnight, A Community Called Atonement

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Apr 20 / 6:29pm

Not Yet Arrived

Something has not yet arrived, neither at Christianity nor by means of Christianity. What has not yet arrived at or happened to Christianity is Christianity. Christianity has not yet come to Christianity.

Jacques Derrida, The Gift of Death

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Apr 12 / 5:53am

A Good Picture

If you want a good picture of postmodernism, then think of the five year old who disrupts the best laid plans of the family or the teenager who begins to question a parent's faith. That is why the postmodern moment is so terrifying to us. It is a reminder that we are out of control, and a place where we are invited to trust a God who is beyond our comprehension.

Don Hudson

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Apr 8 / 2:35pm

From First to Last

From first to last, and not merely in the epilogue, Christianity is eschatology, is hope, forward looking and forward moving, and therefore also revolutionary and transforming the present.

Jürgen Moltmann, Theology of Hope.

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Mar 23 / 4:27pm

Uncertainty

All times are times of uncertainty. We just notice it sometimes more than others cause something big shakes us from our complacency.

Daniel Rasmus, Futurist.

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Mar 15 / 8:15am

Conservative

So, you see, I am a very conservative person. I love institutions and I spent a lot of time participating in new institutions, which sometimes do not work. At the same time, I try to dismantle not institutions but some structures in given institutions which are too rigid or are dogmatic or which work as an obstacle to future research.

Jacques Derrida, Villanova Roundtable Discussion

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Feb 27 / 10:19am

Re-reading the Fidelity of Betrayal

My studies have led me back to Peter Rollin's Fidelity of Betrayal. I read it in December for the first time, but I ran across this just now...

Christianity is not brain surgery or rocket science, it is not quantum mechanics or nuclear physics; it is both infinitely easier and more difficult than all of these. The fragile flame of faith is fanned into life so simply: all we need do is sit still for a few moments, embrace the silence that engulfs us, and invite that flame to burn bright within us. This act is simplicity itself, and, just perhaps, after a lifetime of hardship and struggle, a few of us will achieve it and be set alight by it.

I was struck by this the first time I read it, and I experienced a second naïveté with it just now (coincidence, to those who are familiar with the topic of Fidelity of Betrayal). I resonate deeply with the notion of infinite difficulty and ease. You can also read Peter Rollin's blog here. I definitely recommend it.

Wes

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