Am I not even allowed to have any initial knee jerk responses during the read and ruminate period? There is a timely connection here that I took as a divine smile. But first, I had three outright authentic deja vu experiences on a single page. I don't mean that a passage seemed familiar, I mean real deja vu. As if I had read the same passage on the same piece of page and had the same thoughts about it before.
The smile? Willard actually used the same word as I, history (for which I felt the need to apologize), to describe moral knowledge that has no bearing on moral character or behavior.
You guys probably thought I'd started reading before yesterday's rant.
Ok, sorry. I just thought I'd smile back.
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Fellow theologues, I for one am looking forward to this new adventure. Not strictly for the interaction, (which is very addictive and rewarding) but also for an exceedingly more significant understanding of what Malcom Muggeridge says on the first page of chapter 1,
Jesus' good news, then, was that the Kingdom of God had come, and that he, Jesus, was its herald and expounder to men. More than that, in some mysterious way, he WAS the kingdom.
Jesus, teach me this.
Theologues, point me in the the direction of the kingdom and let us embrace this journey together.
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In an era when many Christians consider Jesus a beloved but remote savior, Willard argues compellingly for the relevance of God to every aspect of our existence. Masterfully capturing the central insights of Christ's teachings in a fresh way for today's seekers, he helps us to explore a revolutionary way to experience God - by knowing Him as an essential part of the here and now, rather than only as a part of the hereafter.
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