@ThinkingFaith Perhaps "the unthinkable density of truth of the word of the Cross" (Barnhart) eludes sapiential conception because it's revealed complete only in the transcendence of immanence itself radically activated. 'Follow me' means 'Enflesh!' 'Eat this!' Only the Kingdom is Christ alive.
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Pictured speaker / quoted attribution: Nick Routledge Saved source record associated with pictured writing; full saved record, not an exact pictured excerpt. Passage boundary: commandment to hear aright Source: Preserve quoted-author distinctions; the containing tweet does not confer authorship. @Plough "...the commandment to hear aright...must be first fulfilled in order that we may then become obedient to it. The word of Jesus places one in decision, the decision of hearing aright, [whereby] one “does” the word, or of hearing falsely, in which case one “does not do” the word." t.co/fSTvAFVZA1
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Pictured speaker / quoted attribution: Nick Routledge Saved source record associated with pictured writing; full saved record, not an exact pictured excerpt. Passage boundary: What does the prophet mean Source: Preserve quoted-author distinctions; the containing tweet does not confer authorship. @austeni What does the prophet mean by what they say? Jesus repeatedly asserts his disciples do not hear him. The mystery of the gospel, then, is radical: a circuit-breaker. As such, asked for the greatest commandment, Jesus says what? "Hear, O Israel! ..." First, hear the Kingdom aright. t.co/jWnHCDzM71
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Pictured speaker / quoted attribution: Nick Routledge quoting Bonhoeffer and James Hillman Saved source record associated with pictured writing; full saved record, not an exact pictured excerpt. Passage boundary: On restoring / It will be a new language Source: Preserve quoted-author distinctions; the containing tweet does not confer authorship. Copy of tweets here: On restoring the correspondence between God and word? In one of his last letters from prison, before the the Nazis murdered him, Bonhoeffer wrote, “The day will come when men will once more be called so to utter the word of God that the world will be changed and renewed by it...” “... It will be a new language, perhaps quite non-religious, but liberating and redeeming as was Jesus’ language; it will shock people and yet overcome them by its power.” 2 Thessalonians 2:8. James Hillman: "Words, like angels, are powers."
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Pictured speaker / quoted attribution: Nick Routledge quoting St. Francis Saved source record associated with pictured writing; full saved record, not an exact pictured excerpt. Passage boundary: The cross Source: Preserve quoted-author distinctions; the containing tweet does not confer authorship. @HootenWilson The cross is _doing_the_truth_, isn't it? Medium itself as message. Until He is passed on personally through faithfulness, forgiveness and bonds of union, is He passed on at all? St. Francis: "Preach the Gospel unceasingly, and only where absolutely necessary, use words." t.co/8inujfG7K6
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Pictured speaker / quoted attribution: Nick Routledge Saved source record associated with pictured writing; full saved record, not an exact pictured excerpt. Passage boundary: 1/7 The hermaneutic Source: Preserve quoted-author distinctions; the containing tweet does not confer authorship. Copy of tweet here: nick_routledge 1/7 The hermaneutic, deeply vexing, though, isn't it? How on earth do we sensibly communicate an experience of the staggering meaningfulness and plenitude of a Depth Realm conceived and experienced only through an obedience to love turning the world upside down? (Acts 17:6) We only have the first fruits of the Kingdom in this world, but we experience enough to know that it’s the only thing that will ever satisfy us. Once we have had the truth, half-truths do not satisfy us anymore. In its light, everything else is relative, even our own life. -Rohr Ragaz: "Not only does Jesus not bring a new religion, he does not bring any religion at all. One can't make this fact clear enough. He does not want a new religion, but rather a kingdom, a new creation, a new world." Thus, "We must teach spiritual things spiritually," 1 Cor. 2:13
Open original document@riyeff I find him long on complaint and short on answers. Elsewhere, the 'deep incarnation' or 'realocalization' movement functionally constitutes a _reinhabitory_ relationship with the Real. Co-intelligently designed as 'home-field advantage', it fits. Home is where we live, after all.
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Copy of tweet here: Polycrisis? What polycrisis? Yup, at one level, it's the Extinction Business As Usual. Elsewhere though, folk are waking to what's Real, what matters, and how they can plug in to an immediate, convivial experience of what works; digging in to the truth and love of the neighborly. There's Gary Snyder: "Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there." And, of course, the perfect trans-Atlantic resonance in T. H. White: "Well, | can only teach you two things - to dig, and to love your home. These are the true ends of philosophy."