I am delighted to announce the recent publication of my monograph titled, Transformed in Christ: Christology and the Christian Life in John Chrysostom, in the Princeton Theological Monograph Series, by Pickwick Publications (Imprint of Wipf and Stock).
Wonderful is the word that encapsulates the world of horology. The more I read about the art and craft of watch making, the more I reflect on the infinite complexity of the divine mind, particularly the wondrous design and the meticulous plan of salvation鈥攃onceived in eternity鈥攂ut executed in time and space.
I have often wondered if the lack of interest in the external beauty of sacred space and d茅cor, which characterizes much of our church culture today, is due to the struggle with dualism? Or is it due to the residual sense of over-correction that we have inherited from the Reformation movement? I suspect it may be both.
Because of the propitiation of Christ, God鈥檚 wrath is satisfied, and we who were once enemies of God have now received 鈥渁t-one-ment鈥 or reconciliation.
A friend of mine has a coffee cup with the following words printed on the outside, 鈥淧resbyterian Coffee: Predestined to be brewed decently and in order.鈥 I chuckled when I saw it for the first time several years ago. The humorous one-liner nicely captures a couple of representative ideas that are associated with a particular church denomination. An amusing tongue-in-cheek way to integrate the love of coffee, a distinctive theological perspective, and a related view of church polity, one might say! Funny sayings aside, the hallmark of church polity of things being done 鈥渄ecently and in order鈥 actually derives from Paul鈥檚 remark in 1 Cor. 14:40, where he instructs believers to be orderly in their worship and to avoid discord and confusion. I suggest that this regulative principle of church polity can be of great service outside its walls, especially in conversational contexts that can be potentially explosive.
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