Comments on: Which Way do you Listen?

By: Martin LaBar

Martin LaBar — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:10:24 +0000

“God can teach me through my stupidity, my carelessness, or my stubbornness. But if I become convinced that I have nothing to learn, that I have nailed down all the details, learning will stop.”

Yes. God help me.

By: Henry Neufeld

Henry Neufeld — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:32:47 +0000

In my view, the gospel in turn makes Jesus ultimate, which in turn makes God ultimate. But that requires me to discuss what I mean by gospel. Any concept of my own, if treated in itself as ultimate would, in my view, be “conceptual idolatry.”

I think Tillich would be less willing than I am to have those stages of separation, but Tillich is easy to misinterpret.

By: Lifewish

Lifewish — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:07:31 +0000

As Christians, the gospel should be ultimate

Is it the Gospel itself that is ultimate? Or is it the authors’ perception of God? Or your own perception of God that allows you to empathise with the Bible’s description?

Is it possible to idolise the Bible, or would you see that as a contradiction in terms?

What do we actually mean by “ultimate” here, anyway? I confess I haven’t read Tillich.