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The second section of Peterson’s Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places deals with Christ playing in history (the first was on creation). And in this section he explores the significance of the atonement, Jesus’ death as an act in history, over against moralism (133-147). Peterson is not easy to summarize. Why? Because poetry cannot be…

Eugene Peterson, in his Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, pp. 119-129, sets out a second element of cultivating fear of the Lord in creation. The first was Sabbath, upon which I posted some time in December, and the second is wonder. Ever wonder about wonder?

Once again, we return to some more of Khalidi’s The Muslim Jesus, which sorts out the sayings and stories about Jesus from the Muslim tradition. The earliest traditions about Jesus in the so-called Muslim gospel is that Jesus was a radical ascetic.

This marks the end of our series on Douglas Jacobsen’s and Rodney Sawatsky’s fine book, Gracious Christianity, and tomorrow I’ll resume looking at Peterson’s Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places — one day later than I hoped. Overall, Gracious Christianity adds a note of pervasive grace to classical theological questions. Not the least of which…
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