Teologie van die kruis
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.