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metanoia (Grk μετανοια) means literally “after-thought” or a change of mind or repentance. Two songs from Johnny Cash’s album, American IV, contrast a repentant person with an unrepentant person. The contrast is striking – between the person who ‘hangs his head’ (eventually in prayerful repentance in the last verse) and the person who ‘damns’ everyone (or more particularly, their eyes!). . . . → Read More: cash for repentance I’m prolife, and firmly so, but I’m also pro support of women in real and really desperate and fragile situations. (hat tip – PZ Meyers) Peter Hitchens Author Interview–The Rage Against God from Gorilla Poet Productions on Vimeo. One tiny detail, easily missed amidst a decently interesting article about Peter Hitchens’ return to Christian faith and finding peace with his atheist brother, the infamous Christopher Hitchens, is this mistaken caption to a nice little Hitchens-brothers photo, which claims that the rather Christopher-ish looking man on the left is Peter. . . . → Read More: caption fail Another observation about some of the theological (as in, not biological) features of the text of Genesis 1… . . . → Read More: idols & fruit Just before the 6 creation days in Genesis 1, the earth is described as ‘tohu va vohu’ (formless and void; or wild and waste; or chaotic and empty). It has no shape (un-formed) and has no stuff (un-filled). The 6 days of creation (the ‘hexameron’) divide into 2 sets. The first set of 3 days is a ‘forming’ set, and . . . → Read More: form & fill Christmas season. The real doctrine that the Christmas season emphasises is the doctrine of the Incarnation. I’ve enjoyed reading C.S. Lewis’ ‘little book’ Miracles, written back in 1947. His chapter, ‘The Grand Miracle’ has some delicious passages on the Incarnation (my annoying notes in brackets). . . . → Read More: incarnation I have never quite understood what some are on about when they point to the vast size of the universe as some kind of evidence that we are insignificant, and that any notion of human significance is ‘anthropocentric’ (human-centred). . . . → Read More: size ‘problem’ A targum of Psalm 8: Yahweh our Master! Your Name is priceless throughout the universe! Your glory is unsearchable and inscrutable and utterly beyond our capability to measure. Even the smallest and inexperienced ones; yes – babies they praise you – just as you wanted all this is like ignorant and inane babbling to those who hate you, yet this . . . → Read More: psalm 8 remixed  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  art, bible, christianity, theology  art, belief, christianity, creation, dignity, god, humanity, humility, interpretation, life, order, science, significance, stewardship, targum, truth, wisdom |
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