tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post117643887623617872..comments2024-03-25T19:00:40.046-06:00Comments on The Constructive Curmudgeon: Eugene Peterson on The Kingdom of GodDouglas Groothuis, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-18239818600745244662007-04-15T21:41:00.000-06:002007-04-15T21:41:00.000-06:00Earthly king or heavenly King is the contrast that...Earthly king or heavenly King is the contrast that establishes the metaphor of the latter, I take it.Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-83167296494437750372007-04-15T20:40:00.000-06:002007-04-15T20:40:00.000-06:00First, I don't know what Peterson is thinking abou...First, I don't know what Peterson is thinking about; I haven't read anything by him.<BR/><BR/>Isn't is a human kingdom? At the very least it's a kingdom with human subjects. Further, the ruler, at least one Person of the ruler is very much a human. (And in it's fullest expression, the human subjects will be human like Him.)<BR/><BR/>So what if every human kingdom we've seen is screwed up? It doesn't make the Kingdom of God a metaphor does it?Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07178836236878900349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-87513589745028558082007-04-15T14:04:00.000-06:002007-04-15T14:04:00.000-06:00J:Good point, it is. But Peterson is thinking that...J:<BR/><BR/>Good point, it is. But Peterson is thinking that the Kingdom of God is a metaphor with respect to human kingdoms, isn't he?Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-65797969573977113882007-04-14T18:41:00.000-06:002007-04-14T18:41:00.000-06:00The kingdom is not a metaphor. If it were, we wou...The kingdom is not a metaphor. If it were, we would need to ask what the kingdom was a metaphor of, and we would also have to take the subjection to the reign of "king" Jesus as metaphorical too. If we are to take the kingdom seriously, we cannot take it metaphorically. Jesus is either really king or he's not.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07178836236878900349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1176469282496460572007-04-13T07:01:00.000-06:002007-04-13T07:01:00.000-06:00Luke 17:20-21Once, having been asked by the Pharis...Luke 17:20-21<BR/>Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, 21 nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,'<B>because the kingdom of God is in your midst</B>."Paul D. Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18213551311029058377noreply@blogger.com