Rohirrim
To which race of Middle Earth do you belong?
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Month: November 2005 (Page 2 of 2)
“One With God: Salvation As Deification And Justification (Unitas Books)” (Veli-Matti Karkkainen)
I’ve been interested in the Eastern Orthodox idea of theosis, that is the belief in unit with God through Christ. This second aspect is very important–and it is this aspect that is often forgotten in Western popular versions of this theology–what my doctrine professor called “Ray Bradburry theology.” Of course, the theological idea of deification/theosis is, I believe, supportable through our union with Christ, but there are some questions about exactly how this can play out in a western theological perspective, particularly a non-Roman Catholic, non-heretical way. I’m looking forward to reading Karkkainen’s take on this, especially as he is coming from a protestant perspective. I’ll report more later.
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I don’t watch many movies. I’m not the guy you want to ask about the latest release… it’s not that I have anything against movies per se, its that I’m one of those people that only catches bits and pieces of them…
In fact, it probably took me three years to finally see the entirety of Pirates of the Carribean.
But movies… or rather scenes from movies tend to stick with me and I often think about them in relation to everyday life. The interesting thing is that, as I think about it, this way of watching films is oddly akin to life in general: you never know someone’s beggining, middle or end. We really only catch glimpses of the people we interact with on a daily basis.
And this is the way its supposed to be… “
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
” (1 Cor 13:12) We’re not meant to know everything about the people we meet in our lives… it’s quite possible we wouldn’t be able to function if we did know everything about them.
No, God is the only one able to follow the entire earthly narrative, to grasp all its interconnecting plot lines, its heros, heroines and villians. And so, it may be that watching bits and pieces of movies is good practice for real life… it helps with patience and it keeps us from thinking that we know the whole story–that’s God’s job; he’s the film maker…
One Monkey from the album “Soul Journey” by Gillian Welch
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“[. . .] the motion is about becoming a bishop. It is NOT about becoming a Christian. At the heart of the Christian message is that all our lifestyles are a mess in all sorts of ways. That is no bar to becoming a Christian – it’s a requirement and it’s one thankfully we all meet. No lifestyle of any sort is a bar to becoming a Christian. The only bar to becoming a Christian is refusing to admit we’re in a mess and refusing to accept God’s solution to that mess in Jesus. The problem is never where we are now. The only problem is refusing to turn from where we are and failing to accept the forgiveness and transformation God offers us through trusting and following Jesus. That is the real good news, the real inclusiveness of Christianity, [not what we have heard from the proposition].”
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