Reimaging Xianity in the wake of Modernism's passing
Posts tagged creation
Why God?
Aug 10th
The person behind Almighty God, asks for a serious discussion concerning why people do or do not believe in a God(s). There’s been some good discussion over there, some discussion I hope to join in soon. I had to think hard about why I assume a theistic worldview rather than a atheistic one.
Ultimately, it comes down to three things: origin, beauty, ethics; without an appeal to a God, I can’t make sense of those things, because materialism is a grammar that only recognizes nouns. It can’t even explain something as common place as love.
The Truth is not out there (Sorry X-Files Fans)
Jul 16th
Truth cannot be out there — cannot exist independently of the human mind — because sentences cannot so exist, or be out there. – Rorty.
Here, he takes on the notion of truth as a 1:1 correspondence with the world. Instead of talking about the correspondence of sentences to the world, the best test for the Correspondence theory of truth is to compare competing vocabularies. When you do that, things get much harder.
Read the full quote, and then join me in talking about its ramifications.
Guilty fabergé eggs
Jun 25th
I take it as a mark of godliness that my immediate Christian community is able to follow God’s command to be stewards of this Earth and we are beginning to be conscious of and find ways to evangelize without resorting to making asses out of ourselves and our Lord. And we do this while not merely inverting the fundamentalist/reformed paradigms. We still value just as much the seeking of Christ and faith in him for the acceptance of the forgiveness of sin. We still see the Bible as the only God-Stamped revelation. But, there is one thing we still lack…
The Vocabulary of the Trinity is the Vocabulary of Xianity
Jun 21st
The Rublev Trinity Icon, a depiction of Abraham’s three visitors.
Western theologians and apologists often hold the belief that while the trinitarian theology might offer edificatory value to believers, for outsiders it is an unfortunate barrier to belief.
Trinitarian theology is then pushed aside and if ever approached, it is creeped upon via some non-trinitarian apologetic, such [...]
So also do all natures feel God
Jun 1st
Sections from a hymn of Ephrem the Syrian. Somebody, turn this into a hymn we sing at church!
There is One Being, who knows Himself and sees Himself. He dwells in Himself, And from Himself sets forth. Glory to His Name. This is a Being [...]
My Statement of Faith
Dec 4th
Section I – Preamble
We hold the below to be our best understanding of the reality of God, God’s relation to creation, actions within history, and our relation to both the rest of creation and to God. We draw upon the following for our formulations: the Spirit of God speaking through the Scriptures, the wisdom of [...]
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