One of my absolute favorite “boyish” theologians (isl. strákaguðfræðingur) is Rev. Nick Billardello. It is probably important to point out that in my mind “boyish” theology is a name for a theology that gets straight to the point, is not afraid to sing “Onward Christian Soldiers” when it is appropriate (and sometimes when it is not), and has a Summer Camp, athletic, “jumping from a cliff into the streaming river” feel to it. Being a “boyish” theologian is to understand that God is here among us. We should have fun together and proclaim God’s reign without hesitation.
Well, enough about that. Pastor Nick is writing a Bible blog and today he wrote something I had not seen before. It is clear and precise, no complicated words, without complicated sentence structures. It is just out there:
Jesus is holy, set apart from all creation. He is sacrificed by the unholy, for the unholy. Did God need Jesus to be sacrificed for us to be forgiven?
No.
But we needed to sacrifice Jesus so that we could point to something and say “because of that we know that we are forgiven.” BloggingTheBibleWithNick: Numbers 19.