tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14340387.post116439617661583782..comments2023-07-08T06:35:04.797-04:00Comments on Ed Goode - Delighted: The all sufficiency of Christ (1)Ed Goodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06242555441606574769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14340387.post-1164491978873627272006-11-25T16:59:00.000-05:002006-11-25T16:59:00.000-05:00sounds like a dissertation i'd like to read.Peter ...sounds like a dissertation i'd like to read.<BR/><BR/>Peter Bolt, in The Cross from a Distance on illustrating the Cross:<BR/><BR/><I>It is the temptation of the teacher to clarify what seems difficult. Interpreters have often sought to this by inventing illustrations of proposing analogies for Christ's work on the cross. This is a temptation, however, that should be resisted at all costs. The track record of these manufactured illustrations has nmot been a happy one; they have been sometimes obscure, often bizarre or inhumane, and usually just plain heretical. Any illustration can get into trouble simply by virtue of the fact cthat it requires saying God's Word in other words, entalining an automatic shift away from God's Word. Although the preacher needs to 'illustrate' the world to which the Word is addressed, the Word itself should probably be permitted to speak for itself. In addition there are some thing that should never be illustrated. As with the Trinity, given the unique nature of the cross, analogies simply do not exist. We understand the cross, not by finding soem contemporary illustration that clinches the deal, but by listening carefully to the biblical context in which it makes sense. This may leave us with some unexplained mysteries, but, even so, we shall be closer to the truth when we live with the rough edges of God's Word that when we try to impose the smooth lines of our own fancy illustrations."</I>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894433115379089423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14340387.post-1164414657817256482006-11-24T19:30:00.000-05:002006-11-24T19:30:00.000-05:00oh, i wasn't getting work done. just waiting for p...oh, i wasn't getting work done. just waiting for people to change their subtitles to include my name so i knew i was required... :pnicola louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175216493067970350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14340387.post-1164404598139033732006-11-24T16:43:00.000-05:002006-11-24T16:43:00.000-05:00hehe, i would answer, but i am stunned by how well...hehe, i would answer, but i am stunned by how well you are hiding from MSN and getting work done.<BR/><BR/>*warm applause*Ed Goodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242555441606574769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14340387.post-1164400509574722032006-11-24T15:35:00.000-05:002006-11-24T15:35:00.000-05:00"Just like our vocabulary won't let us talk about ..."Just like our vocabulary won't let us talk about Christ in the terms He deserves"<BR/><BR/>that appears to be chapter three of my dissertation...would you like me to footnote your blog?nicola louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175216493067970350noreply@blogger.com