Orthodox Study Bible and a quick question
I voted today for this cover on the new Orthodox Study Bible. I am excited to get a copy. Rick Mansfield, professor at Indiana Wesleyan University, posted on the release of the new Bible in 2008.
This is the first project of its kind, and Orthodox Study Bible made by Orthodox Christians for Orthodox Christians. I think that it will be a very enlightening text for all of us non-Orthodox, Anglican, Catholic, or Protestant.
I have been thinking about something the Orthodox teach recently concerning marriage. Now, I know that this may sound a bit off for some of you but bear with me. A Sacrament is an eternal thing with a heavenly nature, a "wormhole" (stolen from Kyle who stole it from Alan who stole it from Star Trek) between earth and heaven. Church-sanctioned Matrimony is a sacrament through which, among other things, the life and grace of Christ is infused into our souls. This is an eternal thing in which something actually happens in the eternal dimension. In heaven, Jesus taught, people will no longer be given in marriage. But is the marriage bond broken?
I don't really think so.
I know that this will come off like I'm teaching some sort of LDS doctrine but I'm actually doing my best to figure out what this whole "orthodox christian" thing is all about. It seems to me that marriage is a Divine Institution whereby God works through and in the couple to further his sanctifying work in the world and the hereafter.
Thoughts?
This is the first project of its kind, and Orthodox Study Bible made by Orthodox Christians for Orthodox Christians. I think that it will be a very enlightening text for all of us non-Orthodox, Anglican, Catholic, or Protestant.
I have been thinking about something the Orthodox teach recently concerning marriage. Now, I know that this may sound a bit off for some of you but bear with me. A Sacrament is an eternal thing with a heavenly nature, a "wormhole" (stolen from Kyle who stole it from Alan who stole it from Star Trek) between earth and heaven. Church-sanctioned Matrimony is a sacrament through which, among other things, the life and grace of Christ is infused into our souls. This is an eternal thing in which something actually happens in the eternal dimension. In heaven, Jesus taught, people will no longer be given in marriage. But is the marriage bond broken?
I don't really think so.
I know that this will come off like I'm teaching some sort of LDS doctrine but I'm actually doing my best to figure out what this whole "orthodox christian" thing is all about. It seems to me that marriage is a Divine Institution whereby God works through and in the couple to further his sanctifying work in the world and the hereafter.
Thoughts?
posted by -mike- at 3:20 PM
9 Comments:
hey mike just found you here on my way out the door to go to church.
i am really interested in the things that you write about. I will continue looking here when I get back.
ok.
:)
who are you?
Dylan Deckard here.
I was the youth pastor at Hagerman Christian Center when Jim Davis was there. I moved to TX to finish Bible School.
I am shocked that you and Matt are all grown up. I guess I lost track of how much time has gone by.
So do you do chat?
I got yahoo or AOL or MSN
Ok?
Dylan
Mike, Mike, Mike. Well I guess it was inevitable. Now, not only are you a heretic, but also a Mormon.
Hi Dylan! So, I found that book you gave to Matt and I, "The Wildlife of Idaho." I know that there is another but I don't know whatever happened to it. How have you been? How is your wife and your children? I haven't seen you all since kum-ba-yah!
Michael... I have a thing or two to say to your face... Mormon! Now, you and I both know that I am the furthest removed from being any sort of strange spin-off of the the christian tradition out of any one you probably know. so... yah.
We are all doing ok for now. We are in the middle of a large transition.
I am getting a new job in sales. I have never tried to sell anything before so I expect to get schooled.:)
We are impressed with your reading list and pursuits, you are going for M.div? Thats cool! I set out for it but started having kids instead.
Bible school was so awesome, I am certain you will like it.
From the way your blog reads, you sound much more intellectual than me so I think Bible school will give you a lot of meat to chew on for a long time.
If you know how to contact anyone, either from my youth group or any of the other kids we ministered to I would appreciate it if you could hook me up. I tried to stay in touch, but you know how it is. I would love to see how everyone is doing.
Uh, sounds good to me?
So cool to see a reconnection happening.
On the subject:
I plead my own ignorance and the glorious mystery of God's plan. That's the neat thing about eschatology about it... We can't really claim to "know" it.
dylan, email me: potatocore@gmail.com
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