The Importance of Biblical Metaphors for the Christian Life

[HopelessHaze]

Biblical Metaphors for the Christian Life | The Road to Emmaus

This post argues that we should seek to push past merely understanding Biblical metaphors. We need to embody them. Metaphors in the Bible communicate truth in a way that other propositions cannot. What do you think?

 

[public hermit]

I like it. Biblical metaphors aren't just describing reality. They shape how we see reality, and we are thereby transformed. I think sometimes the metaphors become so much a part of how Christians speak (understandably) that we lose sight of what the metaphor is intented to convey. Instead of thinking of what it means for Jesus to be the Good Shepherd (and what that means for us), we have this ingrained image of Jesus in shepherd clothing. That's a bit of a caricature, but something like that.