Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Not "a cosmic good buddy"...

but in Paul Tillich's phrase "wholly other."

Through Christ we know that God understands our every weakness and is slow to anger and filled with tough, unending love for us.

God is also a consuming fire, which is why the fear of the Lord--awe, respect, the constant quaking realization that God is God and we aren't--is the starting point of wise living.

"our God is a consuming fire"

[Photo from Jose Maldonado]

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