Basil on the Spirit
Hmmm… the title of this post seems like something my wife would make for us to drink with appetizers. But that’s not what I’m on about. On Sunday, the person who prepared our worship service introduced...
View ArticleAnger: Catharsis versus Resurrection
A nice article on You Are Not So Smart challenges the idea that what we need when we are angry is an outlet. “Catharsis,” simply put, does not work. Here is a summary of the studies cited: If you think...
View ArticleBelieve in the Holy Spirit…
…or: 1 down, 14 to go! The final section of Barth’s Church Dogmatics §1.1 he unpacks the Spirit as the third mode of the divine being. The first part of this chapter about the Spirit bears some...
View ArticleFreedom for a Real God
Two points in Karl Barth’s articulation of the Spirit’s revelation of the Word of God to humanity deserve fresh hearing in a world that tends to go a very different direction. One of these is the issue...
View ArticleAdvent: Resurrection, Restoration, New Creation
The first advent season, we must imagine, was longer than four weeks. Probably, the season of waiting for Joseph was more like four months, or five. How long would it take before Mary knew she was...
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