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On the Courage to Speak of God | Christianity Now

Is all this talk about God no more egocentric mumblings perniciously motivated by a selfish quest for self-transcendence?

Today we look at Tylor Lovins's article on how we might speak about God in a postmodern, pluralistic world:

"A discussion on the concept of God seems, in part, impossible for those of us living in a postmodern age. We are wary of strictly rational inquiry, fearful of its domineering gestures, finding any claims to objectivity senseless, for who can see anything – let alone the divine – from all angles? To be everything for every person, to be omniscient, is the demand made upon claims of truth in our day. But maybe this isn’t the kind of articulation appropriate for communicating the meaning of God. Maybe, to harken back to the first centuries of the movement, the meaning of God is closely associated with personal testimony."

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Love him or hate him, hard to argue with his impact on modern Christianity.

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Do Lay People Think?

Attending seminary was shocking. Having grown up in Lutheran communities with a high view of the Scriptures, I anticipated entering an environment where I would grow in my knowledge and regard for God’s word. A setting consistent with our Reformation theology which confessed “Sola Scriptura,” the Scriptures alone, as the ultimate authority for doctrine and life. I was amazed at the theology…

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Rudolf Bultmann argued that if Christianity were to make the acceptance of the first-century worldview essential to faith, then faith would be a work.

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معجزات يسوع التاريخي – وليم لان كريج معجزات يسوع التاريخي - وليم لان كريج معجزات يسوع التاريخي - وليم لان كريج حتى المشككون الاكثر تشكُكاً لا يستطيعون أن ينكرو أن يسوع التاريخي بالفعل قد صاحبت خدمته صُنع المعجزات وطرد الارواح الشريرة وقد كتب رودولف بولتمان وهو واحد من اكثر المشككين شهرة في عام 1926:

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Faith is constantly in danger of missing its point--as an existential self-understanding--and confusing itself with the acceptance of general truths or traditional dogmas.

Rudolf Bultmann, “The Problem of Demythologizing,” 1952.