One of my absolute favorite “boyish” theologians (isl. str\u00e1kagu\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0ingur) 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.<\/p>\n
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:<\/p>\n
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?<\/p>\n
No.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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