Under the lash of the kind of suffering outlined in my last post it is hardly surprising that many people have cried out to God in utter despair, perhaps for the last time, as their faith gets permanently swallowed whole, by the rage and pain of their suffering. There is a branch of theology called […]
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I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. (Ps 38:8). This does not sound like the sort of spiritual blessing that anyone would put their hand up for. When we think of the spiritual life there an innate desire for comfort and ease, the sort of heavenly places
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I recall one of my theology professors using the phrase “already, but not yet,” to explain the concept of the kingdom of heaven on earth. For Christians this has already arrived in one important sense with the deep incarnation of the Christ.1 The God with skin on man from Galilee was all about the incoming
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It’s the heart, the heart, the damn heart, comrades, that is the star of the spiritual show. If you’ve had a bit of a browse at my last few posts, you’ll have picked up on the “changed-heart theme.” From Aristotle through to the mighty Hebrews prophets, it really is all about the heart. Ultimately, on
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