Kutz: Dad or Cad?

Which of the early church fathers are you? Apparently...

You’re Tertullian! You possess many gifts, but patience isn’t one of them. You’re tough on yourself — and on others. You’re independent, too, and you don’t like to be told what to do. You wish the Church would be a little tighter in discipline. As for the pagans, you’ve pretty much written them off. Sometimes you think the Church would be a better place if you were in charge. Find out which Church Father you are at The Way of the Fathers!

Thoughts on process

I'm sure plenty have thought these thoughts before, but I've not, and so I'm going to post a bit about them.

It's interesting that God chose to act within a history. Within time. He didn't simply make heaven in an instant and keep things rigidly that way for eternity, but instead he decided to stretch that creation process out over the course of human history. Not only so, but God's saving action is recorded for us in an unfolding of his character that took place over centuries.

It's also interesting that God is not bound by this process-type-thing of history that we're stuck in. He's all those 'omni-' words. Impassable and all that. Particularly, he's not bound in time as we are.

So why did he stretch things out into time like he did? What are the implications of it? How can he interact in time if he's omni-everything? (Ie, how could he ever 'react' to something we'd do? Or change his mind, or be surprised?)

So, I'm going to have a crack at thinking through a few implications of this reality over the next few posts. You guys all with me? Going to come help out and correct my thinking where it's messed up?

Great! See you soon. :) I'm off to Splendour.