Dedicated to the devotional, exegetical and philosophical study of theological paradox in Conservative, Thoroughly Biblical, Historically Orthodox, Essentially Reformed theology . . . to the glory of God alone!

Saturday, July 12, 2008

A Point of Clarification

Just to be sure no one misunderstands my intention, I want to make it clear that I'm not proposing EVERYTHING is paradoxical. There are many areas of clear truth in Scripture where paradox is not an option. For example, the Bible clearly teaches that faith in Christ is the only way for a person to be saved from sin. The Bible says God created the world. The Bible says Jesus rose from the dead. There is no "other side" to these truths. They are simple and clear facts from the Bible. Nothing in Scripture calls us to balance them or hold them with any degree of uncertainty. Quite the opposite - we are commanded to believe them with absolute confidence. There are 2 sides to every coin, but not all truth is coin-shaped. Every coin has 2 sides, but not all truth is coin-shapedSome truth is one-sided and deserves to be treated that way. However, when some of the most important truths taught in the Bible are placed side by side, they can only be perceived by the human mind as paradoxical. THEOparadox is nothing more than a call to treat as paradox those things which cannot be adequately explained within the limits of human logic.
Posted by THEOparadox at 8:58 PM
Labels: , , ,

5 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 19, 2015 at 10:46 AM

    Every soul is driven by and inhabits the envelope of manifold paradox which is the cosmos. Thus, the paradox itself is the only way to partially understand the world while being mostly confused in it. ~Boone

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousNovember 19, 2015 at 10:52 AM

    I must sign my examples and thoughts about paradoxes; because if not, when I return to it, I may mistake it for something said by an astute observer of a man in a world of paradox. ~Boone

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousNovember 19, 2015 at 10:55 AM

    I must sign my examples and thoughts about paradoxes; because if not, when I return to it, I may mistake it for something said by an astute observer of a man in a world of paradox. ~Boone

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousNovember 19, 2015 at 10:57 AM

    Some days, no paradox presents in my mind until the following day ~Boone

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousNovember 19, 2015 at 10:59 AM

    The confusion of paradox seems to clarify my mind ~Boone

    ReplyDelete

Feel free to respond to anything written in the posts, or to the comments left by others. All comments are reviewed before they are published.

Please be charitable. If you disagree, do so with grace. Keep your words positive, focused, and on-topic. We don't expect everyone to agree, but we do expect everyone to treat everyone else with respect and grace, speaking the truth in love.

Thanks!
Mgmt.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)