systamatic. mystic. systa-mystic.
has our systematic approach to theology, the Gospel, the church, etc., taken us to a place where we write off the mystical and mysterious that surrounds our God? has our mystical approach to theology, the Gospel, the church, etc., taken us to a place where we write off the absolutes and promises that surround our God? is there another choice?"the Gospel is... a truth widely held, but a truth greatly reduced. it is a truth that has been flattened, trivialized, and rendered inane. partly, the Gospel is simply an old habit amoung us, neither valued nor questioned. but more than that our technical way of thinking reduces mystery to problem, transforms assurance into certitude, revises quality into quantity, and takes the categories of biblical faith and represents then in managable shapes... there is then no danger, no energy, no possibilty, no opening for newness! ...that means the Gospel may have been twisted, pressed, tailored, and gerrymandered until it is comfortable with technological reason that leaves us unbothered, and with an ideology that leaves us with uncriticized absolutes." walter brueggemann
makes ya think... or at least it should.
posted by nathan sean @ Tuesday, February 22, 2005
2 Comments:
Great quote. We (Bible college students) struggle with this very issue. We try to understand God while still stand in awe. It's a difficult tension, one which I have failed to keep at many times.
I think sometimes, we fight so hard on the one side, and when we realize that the other exists, we let go and allow ourselves to get shot to the other extreme, instead of findind the tention between the both.
Makes me think.
We study to revere...
We try to understand and as we do we find ourselves in awe.
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