February 2012
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nexus4change asked: Dare I ask your opinion of Bethke's latest video? Y'know, the one on Sex and Marriage and so forth? Or am I better off just assuming that you have serious issues with it, and leave it at that?
January 2012
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“No one can resolve this mystery into dry concepts and explain how it is that God...”
– Hans Urs von Balthasar, Love Alone is Credible
“Universities might be a circle of purgatory.”
– My new favorite professor
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“‘Well, Master Samwise, how do you feel?’
But Sam lay back, and...”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
I will love this forever.
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“The first thing that must strike a non-Christian about the Christian faith is...”
– Hans Urs von Balthasar, Love Alone is Credible
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“Just as God so loved the world that he completely handed over his Son for its...”
– Hans Urs von Balthasar, Love Alone is Credible
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“Christianity, as a genuine revealed religion, cannot be a communication of...”
– Hans Urs von Balthasar, Love Alone is Credible
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mshedden asked: Not a dumb question but have you read Home or Housekeeping? For Robinson I think Housekeeping surpasses both of them.
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Anonymous asked: how do u know u have a soul?
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Anonymous asked: what kind of baked good would you be?
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yourharbour asked: this may be a stupid question, but do you have any comments on how you wrestle with the fact of Jesus being God's son but being born of Mary — how does this not put Mary into a subjugated position, and how can that be appreciated without turning into some form of superficial idolatry of her?
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“I believe that the word gospel has been hijacked by what we believe about...”
– Scot McKnight, The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited
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“The plausibility of God’s love does not become apparent through any...”
– Hans Urs von Balthasar, Love Alone is Credible
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imo...
rainbowsunicornsandbutterflies:
being a biology major does not make you a “scientist”
being a religion or theology major does not make you a “theologian”
posting news articles on tumblr and writing comments with an obvious bias does not make you a “journalist”
18-22 year old college students should not be claiming in their descriptions that they already are their future profession
THIS....
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“Lovers are the ones who know most about God; the theologian must listen to them.”
– Hans Urs von Balthasar, Love Alone is Credible
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“God’s Word is unconditionally theo-logical, or, better, theo-pragmatic:...”
– Hans Urs von Balthasar, Love Alone is Credible
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“Not, I’ll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee;
Not untwist—slack...”
– Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Carrion Comfort”
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“Making the conversion process automatic - and I’m doing my best to be...”
– Scot McKnight, The King Jesus Gospel
In the second chapter of The King Jesus Gospel, McKnight argues that liturgical traditions (which he mostly defines as Anglicans, Catholics, and Orthodox) struggle with getting their members to becomes disciples, a problem that he blames on the automatic process...
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“Approach the burning bush. In it, all questions are consumed, a straw.
Instead...”
– Daniel Berrigan, Job: And Death No Dominion
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“We do well to take Job seriously, amid his pitfalls and detours and false...”
– Daniel Berrigan, Job: And Death No Dominion
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WatchNew York - Blind Pilot
“The magisterial tradition has not of yet grappled with dolphins.”
– Professor, sans context.
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“Creation is the language of God, Time is His song, and things of space the...”
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath
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“There is much that philosophy could learn from the Bible. To the philosopher the...”
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath
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“There are two aspects to the Sabbath, as there are two aspects to the world. The...”
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath
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“The art of keeping the seventh day is the art of painting on the canvas of time...”
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath
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“For where shall the likeness of God be found? There is no quality that space has...”
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath
“I will cry to Thee and cry to Thee and cry to Thee,
until the milk of Thy...”
– Rumi
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“The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake...”
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath
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“Six days a week we wrestle with the world, wringing profit from the earth; on...”
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath
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nexus4change asked: Well, seen as you so kindly offered your opinion to any and all questions, I thought I would take this great opportunity :) So, probably a question you've already been asked many times before; what's your take on the Jefferson Bethke "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus" video?
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“The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a...”
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath
I managed to talk about Bob Dylan in my history...
I think I just won at life.
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“The need is not for the total consolation of narcotic fantasy - our own will...”
– Daniel Berrigan, Job: And Death No Dominion
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“When the metrics of a successful church are determined by the ABCs - the number...”
– Leonard Sweet, I Am a Follower
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“There appears the faithfulness of God, Who forgives by condemning, gives life by...”
– Karl Barth, The Epistle to the Romans
Monday night to do list:
Accidentally write a novel-length message about college admissions
Thesis
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“The cry for leadership is deafening amid our social disintegration, our moral...”
– Leonard Sweet, I Am a Follower
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“Judaism is a religion of time aiming at the sanctification of time. Unlike the...”
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
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“The orthodox trio surround me like an eighth plague, hem me in, suffocate. They...”
– Daniel Berrigan, Job: And Death No Dominion 