Day: July 23, 2021
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Shabbat shalom
relation is only possible between I and Thou. It is not the I, then, that is given up, but that false self-asserting instinct that makes a [person] flee to the possessing of things before the unreliable, perilous world of relation which has neither density nor duration and cannot be surveyed. Martin Buber, I and Thou, […]
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Reflecting on Romans 5 1-11
Can we see how Romans 5:1-11 supports “confident hope”? “Confident hope” is allegedly the stated theme of all the texts we are studying this quarter, but Romans 5:1-11 really brings that theme into focus. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are a few more questions about the text we might want to think […]
Matters of Interpretation 