I am nearly finished with Richard Hays’ finest work, The Moral Vision of the New Testament. It would be difficult to name too many works in New Testament studies that rival this volume. The book is laid out in such a way that he spends the early part of the book moving through the entire [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Morality’
July 9, 2007
Words of the Prophets: Justice
In the divine/human relationship we can see four distinct transactions between God and humankind.
God blesses the righteous
God curses the unrighteous
God blesses the unrighteous
God curses the righteous
The biblical witness is generally comfortable with 1 and 2. People rarely complain when they receive good things and people anticipate judgment for their evil deeds and especially the evil [...]
May 9, 2007
Why Am I Here? Why Was He here? Part Two
I am not sure if Leviticus 19:2 was ever a memory verse that I was asked to learn as a child. I am positive that any verses following it were not on the list, since teachers usually try to steer kiddies away from talk of incest and bestiality. Perhaps 19:2 is more familiar because of [...]
May 4, 2007
Why Am I Here? Why Was He Here? Part One
Recently I have been hearing a lot about why we were created. Such answers provide pieces of the age old question, “Why I am here?” I am not sure if large, sweeping statements will ever satisfy this particular question, but I can’t fault people for being curious. Some say that we are here so that [...]
February 28, 2007
Oscars again
I’m in the middle of studying for a Thursday midterm- Just a few quick notes.
One of the blog’s readers commented that my Oscars coverage was down on the little guy. Perhaps true. I suppose the Academy always has that struggle of balancing the art of film with the glitz of the red carpet. As a [...]
