Sunday, July 13, 2008

it is, too, biblical

Our image of God as the all-powerful, removed, holy king is really much more influenced by Zeus and other gods than by the story of our faith.
Doug Pagitt, A Christianity Worth Believing, p. 100


Jeremiah
32:17 Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,

Matthew
19:26 And Jesus looking upon [them] said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Isaiah 6
6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
6:2 Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Pagitt's image of God as some kind of warm fuzzy seems more influenced by those who practice postmodern deconstruction then on what the Bible says.

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