Persecution for political or religious beliefs is never pleasant. I am grateful that we live in a time and place where human rights are respected and defended, and where persecution is unacceptable in law, and eschewed by the vast majority of our fellow Australians. Sadly, that is not the case generally in our world today. …
Vocation in the Hebrew Bible: examples
József Molnár, The March of Abraham (1850). From the creation mandate that framed the lives of Adam and Eve to the call of Abraham and the anointing of prophets, priests and kings, vocation features prominently in the Hebrew Bible. In this post, I want to take a brief look at some of the stories. The …
Mountains of Scripture (4): Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai, also known as Mount Horeb, is twice called “the mountain of God” in Scripture. Unlike most other mountains where significant events in salvation history occurred, we are not given any definite information about the mountain’s precise location, height above the surrounding region, or physical appearance. From the biblical references, we can say that …
The descriptive task of theology
Welcome to The Theology Whisperer, a series of short blog posts on theology and theological education. If theology is about faith seeking understanding, what do we mean by “understanding”? What kind of understanding, and to what ends? To answer those questions, we need to recognise that good theology serves several distinct purposes or tasks. …
Who invented theology?
Welcome to The Theology Whisperer, a series of short blog posts on theology and theological education. A fascinating sentence appears at the end of Genesis chapter four in the Hebrew Bible. After recording the birth of Enosh, Adam’s grandson by Seth, we read that “At that time people began to call on the name of …
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