Post by cbowers0724 on Mar 11, 2018 16:25:25 GMT -5
I love this quote about the historical books!
“For biblical people, God is not an idea for philosophers to discuss or a force for priest to manipulate. God is not a part of creation that can be studied and observed and managed. God is a person-a person to be worshiped or defied, believed or rejected, loved or hated, in time and place. That is why these books immerse us in dates and events, in persons and circumstances-in history. God meets us in the ordinary and extraordinary occurrences that make up the stuff of our daily lives. It never seemed to have occurred to our biblical ancestors that they could deal better with God by escaping from history, ‘getting away from it all’ as we say. History is the medium in which God works salvation, just as paint and canvas is the medium in which Rembrandt made created works of art. We cannot get closer to God by distancing ourselves from the mess of history.” (Eugene Peterson, The Message)
