tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post114719272429801556..comments2024-01-25T05:44:34.896+02:00Comments on God in a Shrinking Universe: God the Father and a Creation in CrisisPatrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237545786695465374noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-59540434172160487012010-06-22T13:49:17.246+03:002010-06-22T13:49:17.246+03:00PS @attycortes - it depends what you mean by a poi...PS @attycortes - it depends what you mean by a point of no return. A point of no return for our society and way of life? If so, then God hasn't rescued civilisations in the past, so why should he rescue ours?<br /><br />(I realise this reply is about four years too late!)byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-57784848369029966642010-06-22T13:47:52.041+03:002010-06-22T13:47:52.041+03:00Hey, just wanted to say thanks again for this seri...Hey, just wanted to say thanks again for this series. My own work has moved closer to some of these very questions (perhaps it could be formulated as "the theological space for ethics in a declining world"). I know it has been a long time since we've communicated, but I hope you are well. I thought of you again recently because of your World Cup for Theologians, which must have been four years ago!byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1147401649384539172006-05-12T05:40:00.000+03:002006-05-12T05:40:00.000+03:002 brief comments: (1)God's restraining , convertin...2 brief comments: (1)God's restraining , converting and sanctifying grace can effectively deal with humanity's destructiveness. God remains sovereign and omnipotent; all human destructiveness is merely upon his tolerance for wise and mysterious reasons. (2) If ever human destructiveness reaches a point of no return then, as prophesied, divine intervention in its most concrete form (i.e., the 2nd coming of Christ)is the remedy, preceded by destruction by fire but concluded by a glorious restoration: "new heavens, new earth, new humanity". The crisis is real - creation groans, but the Creator is crouching behind the curtains, ready to spring a paradoxically recreative destruction upon an unsuspecting world.attycorteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15716546947121873377noreply@blogger.com