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This web pag
e is written to introduce you to certain wonderful, challenging,  and important realities.  I refer to meeting the Lord Jesus face to face, knowing God, seeing God, hearing God, being baptized by the Holy Spirit, being healed and delivered of evil spirits, entering the dark nights, encountering the living power of Scripture as God's Word written, being lifted into heaven by the liturgy, learning about the Kingdom, its social and political ramifications, how the Kingdom differs from other kingdoms, especially the United States, and much more.   All these matters are addressed here and they are very important.  They are rendered as narrative in my novel, Face to Face, and they are discussed theologically in the essays.  Therefore, I gladly invite the reader to read and study these web pages.

Theology

How does one do theology?  Of course, theology must be lived.  At the intellectually level, however, one could say that theology is done by   analyzing various theological viewpoints into their fundamental principles, then comparing these constituent aspects and their wholes against each other in light of the great biblical and theological tradition.  God not only calls us to love him with all our heart and soul, but with all our minds.  This means effort, sustained effort. Christian truth is freely revealed by God's mercy and grace, but it requires everything within us to receive his revelation.  Therefore, let me ask my readers to pray and ponder the things that are written here.

Further, the Christian faith has been undermined, both from the left and the right.  From the left, there is liberalism, a form of false teaching that has been around since Schleiermacher. This liberal heresy must be fought at every turn without quarter, for in the end, it betrays Jesus Christ as Lord.  The errors on the right are serious as well, a narrow way of interpreting Scripture, a confusion between the Kingdom of God and the United States, and a lack of attention to how the Christian faith has been lived in the past.  These things are important, and therefore, I feel compelled to write. 

The Vision of God Almighty

Finally, there are things we all love, and above all, I have been captured by the vision of God. This great vision, the Marriage Feast of the Lamb, the coming of the New Jerusalem, was the goal of Western civilization from Augustine until the eighteenth century. After that, our society began increasingly to pursue lesser ends. This has been a terrible loss to our culture and the loss haunts us on all sides. Many years ago I came to sense this, and since it is best seen when rendered, I wrote a novel to convey this reality in relation to the other fundamental realities we all encounter. That novel is also given on this web site.

Redistribution of Content

Finally, if you would like to quote, print, or post any of my essays, feel free to do so. My only request is that you use or quote any of my material, please reference my name, this site, and the the relevant portion as is customary.

Thank you for your consideration. Please email me if you have any comments, questions, or suggestions.

May God Bless You Always,

The Rev. Robert J. Sanders, Ph.D.
rsanders.org@gmail.com
 

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