Jan 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
From Hardin's "A Primer on Hermeneutics (11)"“Revelation is a gain to language.” – Karl BarthThere are two points I would like to make today. First is that cross is central to this hermeneutic, it is not simply an add-on or a meaningless event. The...
Jan 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Claims are often made about the text of the bible that the text never makes about itself. These claims are usually dressed up with the titles infallible, inerrant, or inspired. All too often, the attempt at dealing with these topics is something of a minefield, filled...
Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
“Who sacrifices what to whom?” What is meant by ‘Sacrifice’ in the Divine Liturgy? (condensed transcript of Orientale Lumine Lecture (June 2000, Washington DC – viewable at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYuTmEdbpZ4). Three phrases from the Divine...
Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Editor's Note: Bethany Swallow is a high school teacher in Abbotsford, BC. She and her husband, Derek, recently returned from Tanzania, where she taught in an international school and he was working with CIDA in the area of development. The following response was...
Jan 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
This exerpt comes from Michael Hardin's Facebook "Primer on Hermeneutics (6)" Michael and Lorri Hardin are the founders/directors of Preaching Peace. In a first naiveté we believe what we have been told by others. Our worldviews are formed by others. We...
Jan 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Steve Stewart is Director of Impact Nations (www.impactnations.org), which serves around the world bring relief, development, justice and healing. Central to God’s heart is community. From before the beginning of time, God dwelt in the triune community of the Father,...
