Posts tagged "Heavenly Father"
Coal: The Power of the Good Father
Children / Grace in Practice / Relationships / Theology / TV

Coal: The Power of the Good Father

by David Browder on Apr 19, 2012 • No Comments

In the (by now quite famous in our circles) series of talks given at The Cathedral of the Advent by Professor Rod Rosenbladt on the subject of fatherhood, one of the first insights presented was that of Helmut Thielicke’s The Waiting Father. In this, his work on Jesus’s parables, Thielicke artfully and tragically describes modern man’s belief that he is quite alone in a dark universe ambivalent to his existence:

Man is walking through the dark forest of life in the gloom of night. Specters are lurking all around him and strange sounds disquiet him. The dark forest is full of…

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From The Onion: God Hinting At Retirement
Humor / News / Religion

From The Onion: God Hinting At Retirement

by David Zahl on Jul 20, 2010 • No Comments

Some more predictably clever stuff from The Onion, favorite parts below:

THE HEAVENS—At a press conference Tuesday, God Almighty, our Lord and Heavenly Father, gave his strongest indication yet that he might soon step down from his post as the supreme ruler of all things.

Following a routine address during which God confirmed the recent extinction of several thousand species, the Divine Creator fielded questions regarding rumors of his possible retirement.

“I’ve been at this a long time,” said God, ∞, the all-knowing, all-powerful being who has presided over the cosmos since forming it from sheer nothingness nearly 14 billion years ago. “And…

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Nothing but Misconceptions Between You and Your Calvin
Law / Reformation / Religion / Theology

Nothing but Misconceptions Between You and Your Calvin

by JDK on May 26, 2010 • 11 Comments

This comes to us from our very own resident Mockingcalvinist, Michael Cooper. We thought that we would take this day to remember one of our other favorite Reformers, John Calvin. . . not that we had a choice, mind you:) Enjoy!

On May 26 the Church of England commemorates John Calvin as a saint of the church. Not much reason to celebrate, some might say. Let’s have a parade for the Karl Rove of the Reformation, the more sardonic might suggest. B.G Armstrong pretty much sums up the picture John Calvin evokes in the minds of many:

“Except…

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