SDG

In the early 1700s, German composer Johann Sebastian Bach would sign his handwritten music sheets "SDG" for "Soli Deo Gloria". One of the five solas of the Protestant Reformation, soli Deo gloria means "to God alone be the glory". It is the purpose of this site to reflect this maxim while providing an outlet for my thoughts on Christian Theology. SDG…

5.12.2008

'Christianity And'

My dear Wormwood,
    The real trouble about the set your patient is living in, is that it is merely Christian. They all have individual interests, of course, but the bond remains mere Christianity. What we want, if men become Christians at all, is to keep them in the state of mind I call 'Christianity And'. You know - Christianity and the Crisis, Christianity and the New Psychology, Christianity and the New Order, Christianity and Faith Healing, Christianity and Psychical Research, Christianity and Vegetarianism, Christianity and Spelling Reform. If they must be Christians let them at least be Christians with a difference. Substitute for the faith itself some Fashion with a Christian colouring. Work on their horror of the Same Old Thing.
-- C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, p. 135

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5.07.2008

Practicing Spirituality with Jesus

Recently came across an interesting course offering: Practicing Spirituality with Jesus. For a mere $15 (cc accepted), you:

...will receive 40 emails, each opening with a quotation about Jesus gathered from our reading of contemporary spiritual teachers, theologians, preachers, and poets. We will then give you a suggestion, based upon something in the quote, for how you can practice spirituality with Jesus during the day
For Christians — and for many people of other traditions as well — Jesus is a revelation of what God is like.

Jesus is a revelation of what God is like? Like? Call me silly nitpicking twit, but it would seem a proper understanding of the Triune God involves Jesus *as* God? I also find it interesting that even those of a non-Christian tradition might find it proper to be like Jesus - especially as a prescription for improving their lives. As if good advice could fill for the Good News.