Martin Luther-An Introduction to His Life and Work -4

A Christian person is a free lord of everything and subject to no one. A Christian person is a ready servant of everything and subject to everyone.(P.130)

The category “spirit"..,refer to the way in which God is hidden fromus..,the category of the “letter" refers both to human autonomy and to the wrath of God..,the spirit is hidden in the letter.(P.146)

you will not change me into what you are , but you will be changed into what I am. (P.147)思想:Scripture change the reader or reader change Scripture.

God’s grace is always present as the hidden reality under his judgment.(P.147)

we are sinful,,.because we are self-centered and seek our own welfare. this is most true when we seek to become right with God by doing good works rather than trusting in God.(P.147)

卡片寫4天 腦麻兒打動總統夫人~令人動容的報導背後

一則標題為~卡片寫4天 腦麻兒打動總統夫人~的報導背後,隱藏了許多家有身心障礙兒,不為人知的心路歷程,也凸顯出社會對於身心障礙者仍存在著許多不友善的地方,在價值觀念上,不時的以異樣眼光對待,看不見其個別獨特的生命價值,更甚者,以所謂前世今生的因果關係來鞭打,刺殺身心障礙兒及家庭成員的靈魂.在社會資源支持上,雖然政府每年編列相關預算,但在執行成效上,仍有許多努力的空間,畢竟,家有身心障礙兒的需求是長期且多面的,況且還有許多是隱藏在社會角落,默默承受苦楚的.因此,如何讓社會資源可以適時的介入其中,應是全體國民共同關心的議題,如同有句話說,一個國家文明的進步指標,不在於外匯存底,武器科技的先進,而在於對弱勢族群的友善態度與照顧.希望,在不久的將來,身心障礙兒與家庭成員,可以很自在的在校園裡,在大街上,在社會生活中,不再感到有障礙.

沒有罪的人,可以先丟石頭!

前不久,某政黨高階人士引用聖經裏面耶穌的話說:沒有罪的人,可以先丟石頭,來為相關人員辯護,而引發我注意的,令我感到震撼的,不是政黨與媒體之間操作互動微妙的關係,而是"沒有罪的人,可以先丟石頭"這句由耶穌所說的話.

一個無罪者,為那受困在罪中之人發聲,宣佈赦罪之恩,最有資格向犯罪之人丟石頭的那位,卻當面對著那受審判之人說,平平安安的去吧!因為,你所犯下的罪債,我已經在十字架上用我自己,代替你,幫你了結還清.還有甚麼,比耶穌出面,為你我發聲,辯護,更為有力.也只有如此的力量,才能完全扭轉改變人的命運,"舊事已過,一切都已更新".

就從所關注的焦點開始

看著老師每週所寫對於社會與時事的評論時,讓我感動的,不光是因為評論的內容簡潔有力,發人深省,更多是評論背後所蘊藏對於社會百姓的那份關懷與熱情,也
不斷的觸動我,去面一件事情,身為社會的一份子,我所關心的是什麼?要回答這個問題之前,首先需要面臨的考驗是:如何保持對社會脈動及議題的敏銳度,怎樣
保有對人的那份關注與熱情,如聖經上所,愛人如己.又有話說,作鄰舍的基督?

這一切就要從救恩的起頭,耶穌基督並祂釘十字架開始,並藉此成為一個觀察,思考的基礎,試著來評析個人所關注的,社會所關注的議題

Martin Luther-An Introduction to His Life and Work -3

Luther came to his clearest insights about the meaning of the Bible when he was using it in controversy. For example, Luther developed his distinction between the hidden and the revealed God in responding to Erasmus’s attack.(P.98)

most of Luther’s writings were responses to actual situations.(P.99)

Luther…,understanting of the Scripture..,particularly in…,the interrelationship between the letter and the spirit.(P.102)

Luther was the first who provided a theological basis for understanding “calling" in the sense of secular work.(P.120)

從第121頁4.19段落到第124頁4.20段落為止,是作者給想要認識(研究)路德的人的一些原則,而個人也覺得是蠻必要的指引與建議.比如說,作者提到若要真實了解路德針對某些特定議題論述的時候,當代政治,社會,教會,民情,文化處境等因素(P.121)以及路德神學核心焦點的掌握是絕不可忽略.(P.122-123)