Re: A bizarre question

[Darren Wright]

You know... For a Bizzarre question you all seem to have answered it in a very long, non-bizarre, linear and modernistic way. Attached is the menu we used in a cafe church the other week on heaven... "While Isaiah might have agreed that salvation comes from heaven, I doubt that he would ever have agreed to leave it there. As far as the Hebrew Bible is concerned, heaven is only interesting insofar as it comes to earth. Salvation is not about earthlings going up but about heaven coming down, and any notion of salvation that does not include just rulers, honest judges, an equitable economy, and peace among the nations, would have made Isaiah scratch his head. Heaven may be God's test kitchen, but the pudding is intended for earth." --"Easter Preaching and the Lost Language of Salvation," Journal for Preachers, volume 25, number 3,Easter 2002 (subscriptions $14US/year: Journal for Preachers, Box 520, Decatur GA 30031-0520; www.ctsnet.edu/NewsandPublications/journalforpreachers/Subscribe/detail.htm) -- Darren Wright Fool Youth and Family Worker UCA NSW Synod Presbytery of Canberra Region GPO Box 221. Canberra. ACT. 2601. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02 6248 9311 (office) "The Gospel must be constantly forwarded to a new address, because the recipient is repeatedly changing place of residence." - Helmut Thielicke