Who can take away great suffering without entering it? In our own woundedness, we can become a source of life for others – Henri J.M. Nouwen (The Wounded Healer)
Cliches om te vermy
[Cliche = Afgesaagde, holruggeryde uitdrukking – HAT]
Christian Piatt noem ‘n paar clichés wat Christene moet probeer vermy. Hierdie uitdrukkings mag iets vir ons beteken, maar nie-Christene hou nie hiervan nie.
Be careful when you give advice–somebody might take it.” Anoniem.
Konteks
Keith Whitfield het ‘n interessante artikel oor konteks geskryf.
In 1 Korintiërs 9:20 – 22 spel Paulus sy benadering teenoor mense en kulture uit: Vir die Jode het ek soos ‘n Jood geword om Jode te wen. Hy doen dit sodat hy die evangelie sonder belemmering kan verkondig.
The shop, the barn, the scullery, and the smithy become temples when men and women do all to the glory of God! —C.H. Spurgeon
Bonhoeffer (30)
Our pleasure and our duty, though opposite before,
Since we have seen His beauty, are joined apart no more.
To see the Law by Christ fulfilled, to hear His pardoning voice,
Transforms a Slave into a Child, and Duty into Choice.
John Newton, die outeur van Amazing Grace.
Teologie van die kruis
Ons kultuur het ‘n afkeur aan lyding. Tullian Tchividjian het onlangs in Christianity Today hieroor geskryf.
Om pyn te vermy is een ding, maar die totale onverdraagsaamheid of ontkenning van pyn is iets anders. Terugslae is vir ons onaanvaarbaar, want ons is behep met persoonlike beheer.