Archive for April, 2010
Is God just laughing at our expense?
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010Question: Why doesn’t God make things more evident, such as important life and death decisions, or directions to take in life or in ministry. I’m not saying that God would do so with miraculous signs or anything, but why not at some point in the process of trying to figure out the next best step, [...]
Does God Need Humanity?
Sunday, April 11th, 2010Question: Okay, Anna, you hooked me. 1) Why does mankind exist; in an otherwise previously perfect world? 2) An axiom of religious belief is that mankind needs God; does God also need mankind? How much? Have the needs changed over time? Response: Well. There’s one for you. Several actually. And if the number of books [...]
Easter: Life Overcomes
Monday, April 5th, 2010So there you have it. The Christian faith grounds itself here, in this strange Easter event, this claim that a dead guy is now alive. Now there are all sorts of legitimate, constructive, “you can’t be serious” comments to write here. And mark my words, I will write them, because I have uttered them on [...]
One foot in Good Friday, one foot in Easter-lifes theme
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010After the accident, somebody told me that that best metaphor that they could think for me was that of Holy Saturday. They were right. Holy Saturday is the in-between time, that time when we ponder and experience the reality of death–and our complicity in it–and simultaneously for Christians, we live in the expectant hope that [...]
Of Good Friday, Jews, and Christians
Friday, April 2nd, 2010“Jews and Christians can walk together until Good Friday…” So says Pinchas Lapide, a remarkable Jewish theologian, in his book, Jewish Monotheism and Christian Trinitarian Doctrine. Now, Lapide has much more to say following these words, thoughts that bear upon Easter Day, so stay tuned for what Lapide does with this notion. But I believe that [...]
