The more you learn, the more you come back to basic wisdom. Last year I came up with the seven standard answers that will get you through seminary (or, with minor adusting, probably most higher education). You can see the original post here.
I've discovered an addendum, the all-purpose conclusion to any detailed paper, the quintessential way to bring a detailed and thoughtful conversation to its close:
"These things must indeed always be beyond our comprehension, and yet the endeavor to understand them is the endless task of [fill in the blank]." (e.g. history, theology, science, etc.) *
So here's the updated list:
The Seven Answers (and a conclusion) to Get You Through Seminary
Context matters.
It's our eschatalogical hope.
We need a new paradigm.
That's evidence of our postmodern mileau.
We need to create space for ambiguity.
Everything is an interpretation.
It's not an either/or but a both/and.
These things must indeed always be beyond our comprehension, and yet the endeavor to understand them is our endless task.
* This was the final sentence in a broad, wide-ranging and complex Christological discussion in God Was In Christ, by D.M. Baillie.
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LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!
Might have to repost on my blog! You should post more often - in all that free time you have.
were it, and life, only that simple, and would that it be that platitudes suffice. Beyond getting a grade, that is...
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