Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong (Princeton: Princeton University
Press, 1997), 91–108.
- Here the readers are invited to fi ll in the names of their favorite theologians
or biblical scholars. - He doesn’t deny this theme in Paul; he just decenters it. See Wright, Paul
and the Faithfulness of God. - Perhaps Paul is thinking of Isaiah 55:8–9:
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the L ORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
- See, for example, Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline for an analysis of
the inward, outward, and corporate disciplines that make up Christian
spirituality. - I like to think of God’s truth as a gem with many facets, not all of which
can be seen from any particular perspective.
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