This is an outline for a sermon to be delivered on 10/10/10. This outline is way too long for the time allotted, so I am placing it here for reference. I. INTRO A. Brennan Manning has said, “The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.” B. Before we get any further [...]
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Trinitarian Dance
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bible, Christianity, CS Lewis, dance, divine, eternity, Father, GK Chesterton, glorify, God, gospel, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jonathan Edwards, joy, perichoresis, Son, three persons, Tim Keller, trinitarian, Trinity, understanding on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
C.S. Lewis described the Trinity as a “dance” saying, “God is not a static thing…but a dynamic, pulsating activity, a life, almost…a kind of dance” (Mere Christianity, p 136). Tim Keller elaborates on this concept in the Reason for God in Chapter 14 – The Dance of God (pgs 214-221): I believe that Christianity makes [...]
Art, Truth, & Creativity
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, artists, Bible, Christ, creativity, CS Lewis, imagination, John Wimber, poetry, scholarship, truth on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We need the artists to help us unpack the truths in the Bible.
Thoughts on Love
Posted in beauty, Jesus, knowing God, one another, passion, unholy passions, tagged affection, agape, and generosity, betrothal, Biblical, brotherly love, charity, compassion, creativity, CS Lewis, curiosity, desires, Ed Piorek, energy, eros, erotic images, fondness, friendship, grace, Greek words, Henri Nouwen, hope, Hosea, idolatry, imagination, intimacy, love, marriage, passionate, phileo, Romance, sexuality, Song of Solomon, storge, supreme love, tenderly loving, transformative power, virtue, will, wonder on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lewis compares love with a garden, charity with the gardening utensils, the lover as the gardener, and God as the elements of nature. God’s love and guidance act on our natural love (that cannot remain what it is by itself) as the sun and rain act on a garden: without either, the object (metaphorically the garden; realistically love itself) would cease to be beautiful or worthy.
