Emphasis Preaching Journal
God's immanence and transcendence need...
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God's immanence and transcendence need always to be in tension. Immanence without transcendence leads to a vapid folksiness; transcendence without immanence makes God a "desus ex machina." In an age that sometimes loses a sense for the otherness of God, our text holds that otherness before us.
The observation of Phillip Brooks, offered a century ago, still stands:
The observation of Phillip Brooks, offered a century ago, still stands:
