The teachings about Penal Substitution Atonement and the Wrath of God have distorted the lens of my understanding of scripture and in a deep way affected my view of God and my experience of participating in the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension of Christ. I am deeply drawn to the truth in your theological letters, and I pray that as I absorb it through study and meditation, that something broken and corrupted in me is being healed, and I can more clearly see who I am in Christ. My understanding first started shifting as I started reading David Bentley Hart's books, and are also now being helped by the Wordpress.com The Logos of Agape by conformtochrist1 and his Mistranslated Series: How 21 Words Broke the Gospel and Now Heal the Story. Though I have attended Methodist, Non-denominational and currently a Presbyterian Church all my life, I am feeling more and more drawn to Eastern Orthodox Theology, and find so many things that always bothered me in my Protestant indoctrination, to be resolved and cleared up by the Early Church Fathers and Orthodox theology. Thank you providing these Letters through this platform.
The teachings about Penal Substitution Atonement and the Wrath of God have distorted the lens of my understanding of scripture and in a deep way affected my view of God and my experience of participating in the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension of Christ. I am deeply drawn to the truth in your theological letters, and I pray that as I absorb it through study and meditation, that something broken and corrupted in me is being healed, and I can more clearly see who I am in Christ. My understanding first started shifting as I started reading David Bentley Hart's books, and are also now being helped by the Wordpress.com The Logos of Agape by conformtochrist1 and his Mistranslated Series: How 21 Words Broke the Gospel and Now Heal the Story. Though I have attended Methodist, Non-denominational and currently a Presbyterian Church all my life, I am feeling more and more drawn to Eastern Orthodox Theology, and find so many things that always bothered me in my Protestant indoctrination, to be resolved and cleared up by the Early Church Fathers and Orthodox theology. Thank you providing these Letters through this platform.
You're very, very welcome, Les. Thank you for your kind remark. It truly makes the work worthwhile. It means the world.
Through your teaching, you're saving my life. I'm totally captivated. I now have something to live for.
Thank you, Ron. You're appreciation for my work is deeply meaningful -- truly.