“If the paradox is to be pondered, as part of growing in understanding the nature of the life of faith, then there are surely implications for the kind of qualities, communal and individual, that believers should over time acquire: such… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“The problem is not the conflict of opposites in itself, but rather a probing of surprising and difficult dimensions of what is entailed by trust in God. The paradox is also apparent when the psalms are recontextualized within Jewish and… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“The other approach, probably more widely appealing in contemporary Western culture, is so to fix on the painful circumstances of life that one gives… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“Any particular term—myth, legend, saga, folktale, and so forth—tends to be used in so many differing ways by different people that without careful definition… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“On the other hand, there is apocalyptic literature, which appears to be continuous with classical prophecy yet to be a particular outgrowth of it.… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“Similarly, those who have been weaned off the self-aggrandizing attractions of political power are those who can then best be entrusted with it.” — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“If the reader’s imagination is concerned with what happened next to Jonah rather than with the nature of the divine compassion, then the reader… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“Finally, the book of Jonah shows how theological understanding is exemplified in a person’s attitudes and actions: what Jonah does flows from his understanding… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“In this chapter I want to consider a concept, or rather two closely related concepts, where greater-than-usual puzzlement has often been the response of… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“Nonetheless, Augustine and Pusey are surely clear examples of fighting one’s battle on the wrong ground. They assume that if unbelievers mock and question… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“they play no further role in the story; indeed, any further provision of quails would diminish the importance and significance attached to the bread.11… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“If the paradox is to be pondered, as part of growing in understanding the nature of the life of faith, then there are surely… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“How should this psalm be understood? My thesis is that the parts make sense in relation to the whole: so unless the whole is… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“The depiction of terrible overthrow may well be, at least in part, a figure for Assyrian and/or Babylonian depredations on Israel and/or Judah, understood… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“Prophetic speech is predictive, but it is predictive in relation to the near future, to the circumstances that impinge on the lives of the… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“What has preceded in verses 1–37 is designed not to mitigate the harsh circumstances of verses 38–45 but to be a foil to them.… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“The problem is not the conflict of opposites in itself, but rather a probing of surprising and difficult dimensions of what is entailed by… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
