Without the sign of Jonah - the pattern of new life ONLY through death (in the belly of a whale) - Christianity remains a largely impotent ideology, another way to win instead of the pain of faith. Or it becomes a language of ascent instead of the treacherous journey of descent that characterizes Jonah, Jeremiah, Job, John the Baptiser and Jesus. After Jesus we Christians used the metaphor the way of the cross. Unfortunately, it became what Jesus did to save us - or a negative theology of atonement - instead of THE NECESSARY PATTERN THAT IS REDEMPTIVE FOR ALL OF US. Richard Rohr on Luke 11.29 The Good News According to Luke.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:06:21 +0000
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