Christ is “actually distinguished from all the other pilgrims into Hades, from Orpheus and Odysseus to Enoch, Jonah, Aeneas and Dante, precisely in this: that he is truly dead.”
—Hans Urs von Balthasar, “The Descent into Hell”
Sermon plagiarism is rampant in American evangelicalism—a pathetic display of laziness from clout-chasing hacks more concerned with building personal brands than forming souls.
He entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves, and he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple
Mark 11:15-16
In Japanese, "tsundoku" means collecting books and letting them pile up, not for neglect, but for the joy of knowing they're there, full of untold stories.
An important detail about the @biblesociety report #QuietRevival is that 1/3 of churchgoers aged 18-54 are ethnic minorities. I suspect a lot of the “revival” has to do with migration and “reverse mission.” https://t.co/pLx8gKJWGU
Why in principle can theology borrow from Plato but not from primal religions? Why can Clement get away with suggesting that Greek philosophy was a pedagogue that led to Christ while Idowu is criticized for saying the same thing about African traditional religions? - Vanhoozer
“Reframing Eve’s story as about theosis rather than (dis)obedience centers the freedom at the heart of what it means to be made in God’s image.” https://t.co/h71Hz9tYc8
The goal of education in each century.
753 BC - The cultivation of virtue
33 AD - The cultivation of virtue
313 AD - The cultivation of virtue
800 AD - The cultivation of virtue
1517 - The cultivation of virtue
1865 - The cultivation of virtue
2025 - College and career readiness