"God grant that your mental horizon may grow wider every day. Systems are only dear to those who cannot take the whole truth into their hands and who want to catch it by the tail. A system is like the tail of truth but truth is like a lizard. It will leave its tail in your hands and then escape you. It knows that within a very short time it will grow another." Ivan Turgonev "What we realize is that behind this lies the whole temptation of the mind to control. But the nature of theology is that be receptive rather than controlling, open rather than grasping; a matter of delight rather than a matter of mastery. Grasping, controlling, and mastery are faster and seem surer. They are the shortcut to truth, but they produce a reduced vision of the truth. So always be suspicious of theological success." James Houston Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: March 24, 2004 18:01 Subject: [TruthTalk] Torrance
> To whet your appetite for more, I share the following from Torrance's > book, "The Mediation of Christ": > > "All through the incarnate life and activity of the Lord Jesus we are > shown that 'all of grace' does not mean 'nothing of man', but precisely > the opposite: all of grace means all of man, for the fullness of grace > creatively includes the fullness and completeness of our human response > in the equation. But this is not something that can be understood > logically, for logically 'all of grace' would mean 'nothing of man', > which may tempt people to apportion the role of Christ and of the > believer by arguing for 'something of grace' and 'something of man', > something done for me by Christ and something I do for myself! All of > grace means all of man!" > > ... > > "How could the unconditional grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, crucified > and risen again for us, how could 'all of Christ', ever mean a > depreciating of the very humanity he came to save?!" > > Peace be with you. > David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
