Posts Tagged ‘God’

  • Jeremiah’s third confession: Jer 17:12-18: How might YHWH respond?

    Jan 28, 15 • Complaint, JeremiahComments Off on Jeremiah’s third confession: Jer 17:12-18: How might YHWH respond?
    Jeremiah’s third confession: Jer 17:12-18: How might YHWH respond?

    Jeremiah’s third confession is a monologue, mainly (or all, depending where we think it starts) addressed to God. Complaint is the dominant tone, and Jeremiah asks for vengeance on his opponents. So this text raises interesting questions about the nature of Scripture, and how God might read (some parts of) the Bible… ...

  • Not Only a Father: Knowing the unknowable

    Apr 30, 13 • God as mother, Matthew, Numbers, PsalmsComments Off on Not Only a Father: Knowing the unknowable
    Not Only a Father: Knowing the unknowable

    The final podcast in a series written as guest posts for Sacraparental that express the key ideas of Not Only a Father briefly and simply. This one explores a few ways to experience God as motherly. Looks at Psalm 131 and Jesus teaching in Matthew 5 & 6 as well as Numbers 11. For more [&hellip...

  • Not Only a Father: Speaking the unspeakable: mother-language before the reformation

    Not Only a Father: Speaking the unspeakable: mother-language before  the reformation

    Can a currently unspeakable picture of God, which was in use for the first 1400 years of Christianity help us enrich our relationship with God? Many of the best known theologians and writing pastors of the first 1400 years of the Christian church (including Clement, Jerome, Augustine and Anselm) were happy to speak in different [&hellip...

  • But Jesus named God ‘our Father’!

    Apr 24, 13 • God as mother, Jesus, John, Luke, Mark, MatthewComments Off on But Jesus named God ‘our Father’!
    But Jesus named God ‘our Father’!

    What does it mean for Christian talk of God as motherly that Jesus called (even maybe named) God as -father-? Then we take a closer look at what Jesus meant when he talked about God as father. Finally I’ll think about what it means for this topic that Jesus was male. There is a lot [&hellip...