August 31, 2015
Someone once told me that I shouldn’t speak of the Christian life as a journey, because journeys are designed with an ending in mind. I disagreed, saying I thought the journey image provided an excellent description of a life of faith, but that this is a journey that doesn’t have an end point with no more miles to cover, no more lessons to learn, no more growth to occur, no more discoveries to explore. It keeps on going.
Bible scholar Peter Enns makes the point beautifully:
“The path does not end, not as long as we are flesh and blood, anyway. There is no summit to reach where we can look down on others below.
“And it’s common to wonder whether we’re on the right path at all, and whether the journey is worth it. We can’t really know. We walk by faith (better: trust), not by sight (better: certainty).”
Read Peter Enns’s reasons for calling the journey “My Favorite Metaphor for All This Following Jesus Business.”
posted by Letha Dawson Scanzoni
August 31, 2015
Someone once told me that I shouldn’t speak of the Christian life as a journey, because journeys are designed with an ending in mind. I disagreed, saying I thought the journey image provided an excellent description of a life of faith, but that this is a journey that doesn’t have an end point with no more miles to cover, no more lessons to learn, no more growth to occur, no more discoveries to explore. It keeps on going.
Bible scholar Peter Enns makes the point beautifully:
“The path does not end, not as long as we are flesh and blood, anyway. There is no summit to reach where we can look down on others below.
“And it’s common to wonder whether we’re on the right path at all, and whether the journey is worth it. We can’t really know. We walk by faith (better: trust), not by sight (better: certainty).”
Read Peter Enns’s reasons for calling the journey “My Favorite Metaphor for All This Following Jesus Business.”
