i’m giving a message at my church on time in about a month. When i was looking into how the church fathers viewed time i was surprised to read that many viewed the timeline of eternity contrary to what i’ve often heard. Rather than an arrow pointing it would be something more like a dot. i’ve attached an illustration i drew based on what i read. For Augustine, eternity is a state where all moments are immediately accessible to God, existing simultaneously in a single, unified "now." Everything is whole and complete without beginning or end. i input a handful of different writings in GPT and asked for a summation and got this: “For the Church Fathers, eternity is not merely an endless timeline or a cycle; it’s more like a divine state where time itself is transcended. They emphasized that eternity is accessible only to God, and humanity's eventual participation in it would mean entering a realm where the limitations of time no longer apply, experiencing a fullness and immediacy of life that earthly time cannot provide.” Beatific vision In the illustration i made you can see the view i’m traditionally used to on top and what i feel like the fathers are expressing on the bottom. This was my attempt at least lol

the bible is? the definitions are giving me a headache. everything im reading is saying something like: inerrant means "without error" and infallible means "incapable of error”. Why are they so annoyingly synonymous or can i just not see the nuance? How do you guys view the scriptures? do they have error? do you consider different accounts of events as “errors”?

For whom did Christ die?

bro every new clip i see of this thing is worse than the one before it. a bunch of dudes gathering to talk about how God doesn’t move anymore and why charismatics are being influenced by the devil just heard a guy say that in the reformed baptist camp, if a preacher commits adultery, they’ll never be behind the pulpit again. but in charismatic camps, they MIGHT be forced to take a break for a few weeks. WHAT?!?!?!? 💀💀😭

Have any of you ever felt like you want to know so much but don’t know anything? How do you overcome this theological anxiety? Also, my joy in life is trinitarian theology, so I’d love resources to keep reading and expounding my knowledge in these areas, specifically Spirit Christologicy.