Wolfhart Pannenberg

  The Transforming Power of Grace: Oden, Wesley, and the Life of the Spirit From Month Four, Day 2 of my book of prayers,  Daily Conversations with God,  I offer this prayer: Lord, you are a merciful God. I confess that holiness is far easier to say than it is to do.  ·        My words are pious, but often mask attitudes of intolerance and judgment.  ·        My concern for others is too often shallow, swallowed up by my own self-interest.  ·        I too often resort to platitudes of compassion and care rather than modify my behavior to embrace those who are different or unlovely.  This is not holiness. I confess my failure to you. I confess that I need your grace to see me truly and the games I play. I need your power to change my attitudes and actions. Ignite within me the passion and audacity to be a holy disciple of Jesus Christ amid a world of sound bites an...

  Theology Today – Post-Hegel; Post-Kierkegaard I want to consider how one thinking theologically might draw upon Hegel, but to do so in a way that both moves with him and moves against him. [1]  The point of these final reflections is to meet Hegel on his ground and learn as Christian thinkers from a man who was not an enemy of the Christian faith and life. Had Hegel provided only a system, it would be relegated to a museum. More importantly, the way he pursued the system continues to provide a way for theology. Certainly, Hegel’s first total philosophical project is in many ways, from both the philosophical and the theological aspects, a problematic enterprise. We can look at how Hegel approached the nature and character of God through a modern lens. The issues here are difficult.  Here are two. In the ontic perspective, orthodox theology would see all God-world occurrences as based on God's free grace, that God chooses rather than being chained, instead of speculative ...