tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post115635234268043689..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: The end of grace IIIbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156999097164337132006-08-31T05:38:00.000+01:002006-08-31T05:38:00.000+01:00John - unfortunately not. It's my picture, but of ...John - unfortunately not. It's my picture, but of the Sir Christopher Wren library in Cambridge. It was, however, taken just a few metres away from a large statue of my namesake<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron" REL="nofollow">Lord Byron</A>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156998246869814402006-08-31T05:24:00.000+01:002006-08-31T05:24:00.000+01:00Is that picture of your own library? ;)Is that picture of your own library? ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156824905764447012006-08-29T05:15:00.000+01:002006-08-29T05:15:00.000+01:00Indeed, this is a great post. The use of Cain and...Indeed, this is a great post. The use of Cain and Abel is similar to how Jüngel incorporates that narrative in his book on justification.<BR/><BR/>But it's the treatment of the victim and wrongdoer that is the best part. You did a very nice job of balancing a christological center with an eschatological telos. Well done.David W. Congdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009330707703611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156800685178892082006-08-28T22:31:00.000+01:002006-08-28T22:31:00.000+01:00I remember a scene from the movie the Hiding Place...I remember a scene from the movie the Hiding Place. A brutal guard was beating a prisoner. A fellow prisoner began to pray, but not for the one being beaten. She seemed to know that the greatest need, the deeper darkness, was in the oppressor. I have not forgotten it and the sense I had that her's was the heart of the one who hung on the cross.<BR/><BR/>SamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156405947044155392006-08-24T08:52:00.000+01:002006-08-24T08:52:00.000+01:00one of your best posts yetThanks!even better than ...<I>one of your best posts yet</I><BR/>Thanks!<BR/><BR/><I>even better than O'Donovan's</I><BR/>I don't know about better - certainly 'highly indebted to'... I was going to put a footnote acknowledging the source, but then basically forgot. If I can find the passage again I'll put it in.<BR/><BR/>And yes, that was an issue I realised I don't think I have a clear answer for, so I struggled as I byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156403513516145172006-08-24T08:11:00.000+01:002006-08-24T08:11:00.000+01:00Thanks Byron, I think that's one of your best post...Thanks Byron, I think that's one of your best posts yet. Your use of Cain and Abel is even better than O'Donovan's!<BR/><BR/>Do you think the cross "answers" the victims cry, albeit on different terms? Or do they await the answer of the last day, recognizing that as God is gracious in the present to their oppressors, so he is gracious to them too, because few people (no one?) is purely "victim" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com