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Tag Archives: revelation

What Is It We Cannot See?

This is the pressing question of every age: What is it that we cannot see? Continue Reading What Is It We Cannot See?

God Is Revealed in Our Lives

The biblical God would much rather be in relationship than merely be right! Continue Reading God Is Revealed in Our Lives

Revelation through Relationship

God’s self-revealing happens to us, sneaks up, surprises and ambushes us, transforms us, and disarms us. Continue Reading Revelation through Relationship

A School of Relationship

The biblical tradition says that truth is found not in abstract concepts, but in an encounter with otherness. Continue Reading A School of Relationship

A Revelation of Heaven on Earth

God puts us in a world of passing things where everything changes and nothing remains the same. Continue Reading A Revelation of Heaven on Earth

Mutual Indwelling

Great Themes of Scripture: New Testament Mutual Indwelling Friday, July 9, 2021 The whole movement of the Bible is toward ever-greater Incarnation and embodiment, until the mystery of mutual indwelling is finally experienced and enjoyed even here in this world, in this life, and in this body. It then becomes the banquet that we call… Continue Reading Mutual Indwelling

Apocalypse is Subversive

Apocalyptic Hope Apocalypse is Subversive Friday, April 30, 2021 Apocalyptic literature is subversive literature. This is a key point in understanding John’s reasons for writing the book of Revelation in the style that he did. Author and speaker Rob Bell has helped many people understand the Bible, including the book of Revelation, in a more… Continue Reading Apocalypse is Subversive

Stirring the Imagination, Shaking the Unconscious

Apocalyptic Hope Stirring the Imagination, Shaking the Unconscious Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Let’s further distinguish the character of apocalyptic literature from prophetic literature in the Bible. Since the Western mind is literal and analytic, it usually misunderstood both types of literature. We viewed apocalypse as threatening and prophecy as foretelling, and our understanding of both… Continue Reading Stirring the Imagination, Shaking the Unconscious

The Three Domes

The Cosmic Egg The Three Domes Sunday, January 24, 2021 Just as the body needs food, so the soul needs meaning, and the spirit needs ultimate meaning. Often that meaning is communicated through story. The function of all mythologies, religion, and even family lore is to help us situate ourselves inside of a safe and… Continue Reading The Three Domes

The Prodigal Species

Science: Old and New The Prodigal Species Wednesday, November 6, 2019 The universe is a single reality—one long sweeping spectacular process of interconnected events. The universe is not a place where evolution happens; it is evolution happening. It is not a stage on which dramas unfold; it is the unfolding drama itself. . . .… Continue Reading The Prodigal Species

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