tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695487.post7800711430619090920..comments2024-01-01T08:42:49.037-07:00Comments on Mother-Lode: Imitating the Perfect FatherKim Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14821817787450687811noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695487.post-30274499325086594722009-07-15T07:52:24.334-06:002009-07-15T07:52:24.334-06:00Thanks for the encouragement, Zac! It is wonder-fu...Thanks for the encouragement, Zac! It is wonder-full to consider the radical nature of God's involvement with us. That he offers intimacy to such as we are is pretty mind-boggling. And that He then also offers that interaction as a pattern for our relationships with others is disturbingly challenging.Kim Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821817787450687811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695487.post-52388855541789271652009-06-23T22:12:33.269-06:002009-06-23T22:12:33.269-06:00Great post, Kim! It made me recall a theology pro...Great post, Kim! It made me recall a theology prof's discussion of the Trinity in conjunction with the doctrine of adoption. He said, which sounds almost blasphemous (the most profound theological truths often sound near blasphemous to conventional ears), "Think of God as Father and Jesus as your elder brother" (he also mentioned the Spirit, of course, but that's beyond the purpose here). We're adopted into the Trinitarian "family" as a kind of ingrafted "fourth" member. No, we're not the fourth member of the Trinity, but we're so radically adopted into God's interpersonal fellowship that we are considered His child much as Christ was the Child of the Father. Hmmm...Zac Hickshttp://www.zachicks.comnoreply@blogger.com