Saturday, August 20, 2011

Dynamic Vs. Static

In his argument for the truths of scripture, Karl Bath propose a "Dynamic activity" of scripture instead of a "Static approach". The 19th century was a very challenging time for theologians who advocate a high view of scripture to theologize, they had to confront a liberal route theology was taking. One of the theological stand was the "Static or historical" meaning scripture had, not profitable for their time. Therefore, Barth, and Bonhoeffer stood up for the Dynamic, active nature of scripture especially in the proclamation of Christ. Well, within that framework, i reflect once again on my trip to Miami. As i was looking around in the airplane watching activities and see what other passengers were doing with the airplane in motion toward our destination. As i looked around, i was shocked to see a static surrounding, there were no activity... Everybody was almost in the same motion, some were sleeping, others reading, and yet others observing the beautiful sight on that Wednesday morning. Due to the fact we were unable to be active as we'd normally be outside of the airplane closed system, i started to reflect on life from a christian framework. There are two things i learned from observing our mode in a close system. First, if our lives as christian are closed for God to be involve and we are stagnant in galvanizing our faith, our lives would be "static" no movement or activity whatsoever, fruitless and unable to produce for God's kingdom. Second, human beings were meant to live life in a dynamic sense. An active christian life is evidence of the fruit of God spirit bringing light to his kingdom. Therefore, an inactive life is a direct result of a close life to its creator and his service. The christian life is a "dynamic" life. Once christian life is "static" there isn't any growth.

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