Winter 1988
Volume III, Number 4
In This Issue
Broken Glass and Torn Veil: Worshiping the One God after Kristallnacht by Jean Lambert
Christians and Jews worship one God, the same God, of Abraham and Sarah, of Miriam and Moses, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Luke 12:32-34 and Waldenström's Commentary by Paul Peter Waldenström and translated by Tommy Carlson
Spener's Proposals, Part II by Peter Sandstrom
Philip Jacob Spener's second proposal for reform of the church is "the establishment and diligent exercise of the spiritual priesthood." Spener writes that it is time to take Luther up on his idea of the spiritual priesthood and apply it earnestly in the life of the congregation. "Spiritual priesthood" may have an odd ring to it for American protestant ears in the twentieth century and perhaps for the ears of many Catholics as well. Part of our difficulty is that we have some very ambitious ideas about what constitutes spirituality as well as what a spiritual priesthood involves.
A Blessed Escape by Phil Johnson
Questions about scripture, authority, and Gospel have been brought into focus for me by Dean Kline Snodgrass, Professor of Biblical Literature at North Park Seminary. I refer to his article, "No Easy Escape," in the December, 1988 issue of The Covenant Companion.
Vad gagnar det en människa? by Pär Lagerkvist and translated by Tommy Carlson
Eight Days by Penrod
This is the story of what Thomas did during the eight days, from what came to be Easter Sunday to the day when Thomas joined the disciples and Jesus made the famous appearance that satisfied Thomas' insistence upon empirical verification.
Christmas Musings by Arthur W. Anderson
Can you imagine anyone not liking Christmas? Yet, people close to me hate it! I don't mean they detest the birth of the Christ or anything like that. They just abhor the mania associated with it.
North Park Philosophy Academy Meeting Report - October 27, 1988; Sport Report
Sport Prophecy by Eric Ecklund-Johnson
In the NBA: New York in the Atlantic, Cleveland in the Central, Utah in the Midwest, Los Angeles in the Pacific. Other playoff teams that will be a threat in the spring: Denver, Dallas, Houston, Boston, Atlanta, and Detroit.