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...now I'm just super curious...I 've read The Orthodox Way by Kallistos Ware and Encountering the Mystery by Bartholomew I. Though most of my connection with non-western perspectives is from surveys like Light from the Christian East by James R. Payton Jr. and Scripture in Tradition by John Breck. I tend to prefer reading ancient works rather than modern ones when it comes to theology...one of which got me in trouble with God.
It was The Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith by John of Damascus...which God confronted me about my pursuit of trying to figure out how He thinks and ended up putting me in the mental hospital....now I'm just super curious...
I've not been in a mental hospital, but I can surely say I have been tempted to know the how, the why etc. A good read and eye opener was the "The sin of certainty" by Peter Enns.It was The Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith by John of Damascus...which God confronted me about my pursuit of trying to figure out how He thinks and ended up putting me in the mental hospital.
I've made several trips, all at least partially related to theological issues.I've not been in a mental hospital,
A common temptation.but I can surely say I have been tempted to know the how, the why etc
I'll have to add that to my to read list.. A good read and eye opener was the "The sin of certainty" by Peter Enns.
It would be interesting to hear the process and what you learnt along the way, people understand that there is some convergence between mental health and theology, but I think lived experiences can shed so much light. Because it may not be what we think, my sister was diagnosed with bi-polar and had a few visits, now imagine what it was like for her with our Pentecostal backgroundI've made several trips, all at least partially related to theological issues.
A common temptation.
I'll have to add that to my to read list.
If you're really interested, I could PM you.It would be interesting to hear the process and what you learnt along the way, people understand that there is some convergence between mental health and theology, but I think lived experiences can shed so much light. Because it may not be what we think, my sister was diagnosed with bi-polar and had a few visits, now imagine what it was like for her with our Pentecostal background...
Yes please. I spent some time in Baptist circles as well, it brought some balance.If you're really interested, I could PM you.
And I can only imagine, as my background is about the polar opposite of Pentecostalism...cold, austere, doctrinal, Baptist.
Yes, and perhaps my primary challenge is that if I want to escape a lot of the things central to my own perspective I need to seek out alternatives, so I perceive the hegemony of academic theology more of a threat to my objectivity than someone who is naturally an outsider.
Diversity of approaches are probably a decent way to combat a lot of what I am talking about.
I 've read The Orthodox Way by Kallistos Ware and Encountering the Mystery by Bartholomew I. Though most of my connection with non-western perspectives is from surveys like Light from the Christian East by James R. Payton Jr. and Scripture in Tradition by John Breck. I tend to prefer reading ancient works rather than modern ones when it comes to theology...one of which got me in trouble with God.
I was thinking that "us" was wider than Jewish Christians.What is your opinion?
Hebrews is written to whom? And does its intended readership shape the way you will interpret its words?
God, having spoken long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days spoke to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds, who is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power; who, having accomplished cleansing for sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.
Heb 1:1-4 LSB
God spoke to US in His Son ... Is that phrase sufficient to identify the intended readership? Who is "us"?
It was The Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith by John of Damascus...which God confronted me about my pursuit of trying to figure out how *He thinks and ended up putting me in the mental hospital.
What is your opinion?
Hebrews is written to whom? And does its intended readership shape the way you will interpret its words?
God, having spoken long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days spoke to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds, who is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power; who, having accomplished cleansing for sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.
Heb 1:1-4 LSB
God spoke to US in His Son ... Is that phrase sufficient to identify the intended readership? Who is "us"?
Hebrews is written to whom? And does its intended readership shape the way you will interpret its words?
God spoke to US in His Son ... Is that phrase sufficient to identify the intended readership? Who is "us"?
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