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More Bishops Like This Please Lord!

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Watch this from The Most Rev. Erik Varden, Bishop of Trondheim, Norway. I am increasingly aware of his quality. More bishops like this please Lord! Here he presents “Living with Wounds: The Passion in Theology and in Our Lives,” with an introduction by Bishop Kevin Rhoades. This event was sponsored by the McGrath Institute for Church Life, the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, and the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.

The Outrage of the Cross

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Following the ongoing discussion about the scandal of the crucifixion, and developing a proper understanding of just what this means, I have received another excellent comment from my interlocutor.  In an attempt to be as thorough as possible, and due to my answer exceeding the comment box character limit, I have posted my response to his or her latest erudite comment here. I trust it is not considered verbose, but rather a thorough exposition of the subject, which demonstrates my respect for his or her intelligent and pertinent questions. This is the latest response which can be read in context here : It seems to me that this account of the value and meaning of the life and death of the godman makes salvation out to be a matter not of objective propitiation for wrong done, but an act of inter-subjective communication which, in order to be effective, can only work on an individual-by-individual basis and demands in each case not only that there be one who wills the form of ...