Sublime

This passage is interesting, as showing already the twofold argument for belief which is characteristic of Christian philosophy. On the one hand, pure reason, rightly exercised, suffices to establish the essentials of the Christian faith, more especially God, immortality, and free will. But on the other hand the Scriptures prove not only these bare

But from the context of ministry (as a hypostatic and kenotic reality that brings forth theosis) there can be no separation between the work and person of Jesus. Work, for Jesus, is to minister to humanity by being a minister (the “although” is the “because”).

As a household of ministry, the shape of a church’s gathered life revolves around three core dispositions that continue to renew the household as ministry. These three dispositions are directed not toward the household itself but toward Jesus, the one who is ministry.

As Hauerwas puts it, “Aquinas was right that only God is pure act. Only in God are existence and essence one. Accordingly, our language about God is necessarily analogical, which means that theology has the task of helping the church not say more about God than needs to be said.” Hannah’s Child, 52.

these hows are bound in an immanent frame that has blocked out divine action. The pastor today doesn’t need theology (attentive reflection on divine action), because she has silently succumbed to the immanent frame, disconnecting the how from divine action itself.

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