Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
Precisely because God is transcendent God can contain the universe but not be contained by or exhausted by the universe.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
Reminding ourselves that the Christian god has no name speaks to the ultimately ineffable nature of the divine in orthodox Christianity. It reminds us of the necessary unnameable nature of the god of our faith.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
The Jesus of Mark is therefore the silent, puzzling, even absent Jesus. But this is also true to our own experience of Jesus. In our lives we are sometimes frustrated by the absence of Jesus, at least as we sometimes experience it.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
the author of Luke and Acts does not seem to consider Jesus’s death to be a sacrifice. There is no “atonement” to speak of in Luke–Acts.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
expecting to find orthodox Christian doctrine “in” the texts of the New Testament read in their original historical context is unrealistic and anachronistic.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
be dedicated to illustrating how religious beliefs, doctrines, and stories may be analyzed through the lens of modern history but must be analyzed through the lens of Christian theological reasoning.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
That is the only reason the scriptures warn us so much against idolatry. We will end up just hurting ourselves.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
unrealistic desire for “pure” language. There is no such thing as purity in language. All terms are tainted. The way to avoid their misuse is through ethical diligence, not searching for some term that is pure or untainted.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
faith is a “stance” we take toward the world.