Sublime

Decalogue?

Why, then, would Peter pick these moments, his moments of greatest infamy, as his grounds for qualification? Because he knows what Christ’s suffering purchased for him. Total forgiveness, total security, total justification. Peter brings to mind Christ’s death on the cross as the central point in his own pastoral vision and connects this vision to

“The risen Lord is not the historical Jesus behind the Gospels, but the Christ of the apostolic preaching, of the whole New Testament” (65).

We don’t know the kind of shared suffering Peter is referencing, though. I wonder how much humility could be afforded the Western church if we acquainted ourselves more with the suffering of the church in the two-thirds world. Suddenly Monday morning pop-ins don’t seem like such a big a deal. Let us stand with our brothers who are being slaughtered

In all roles theologians are committed to that form of existence arising from Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. They know that

“Until we bring sin back into our vocabulary, we’re not going to take the depths of evil or our moral responsibilities—or God—seriously. We don’t simply need more therapy to resolve our issues in this fallen world. We need to acknowledge our own guilt and humble ourselves in asking for forgiveness. Otherwise, the therapeutic mind-set relieves us fr

Initial declared allegiance (pistis) to Jesus the king forges a union with the king and his body (the church), and this union is upheld subsequently through embodied allegiance, an enacted loyalty that is inclusive of good deeds.