Tomb of Itet, Meidum (Meidoum), museum of Cairo, scene: part of the frieze of geese. IVth dynasty. Remove not the landmark on the boundaries of the sown, nor shift the position of the measuring-cord; covet not a cubit of land, nor throw down the boundaries of the widow. The rut of trampling(?), the wear of time, he who wrongfully seizes it in the field, if(?) he snare by false oaths, is lassoed by the Power of the Moon. (The Instruction of Amenemope, chapter 6, trans. Francis Llewellyn Griffith) The fear … [Read more...] about Seeking God’s Wisdom in Strange Places
Abraham Kuyper
The Legacy of Kuyper
The sixth and concluding post in a series drawing from and interacting with Richard Mouw's Abraham Kuyper: A Short and Personal Introduction (Eerdmans, 2011). Stay tuned for additional series by Dan Jesse applying Kuyper's insights to our context in higher education. We must continue to move forward in the tradition put forth by Luther. The Reformation has a famous saying, Ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda! The church needs to reform, and forever be reforming. What is not meant in this motto is that we … [Read more...] about The Legacy of Kuyper
Kuyper on The Role of the Church
The fifth post in a series drawing from and interacting with Richard Mouw's Abraham Kuyper: A Short and Personal Introduction (Eerdmans, 2011). Today there is a fundamental error occurring in the way we think about the Church. We confuse and collapse two concepts into one, leading us down a dangerous path. These concepts are the Church of Christ and the Kingdom of Christ. “Kuyper makes much of the fact that the Kingdom of Christ is much bigger than the institutional church.” (Mouw, 57) When we hold that the … [Read more...] about Kuyper on The Role of the Church
Introducing Kuyper’s “Sphere Sovereignty”
The fourth post in a series introducing the thought of Abraham Kuyper. The series draws from and interacts with Richard Mouw's Abraham Kuyper: A Short and Personal Introduction (Eerdmans, 2011). Kuyper's love of multiplicity and unity ran deep. He thought it was the bedrock of creation, as shown previously. We discussed what not to do with diversity and unity and now it falls on us to examine what the proper use of the two realities is. Kuyper's answer lays in a key concept that is not fully developed, that … [Read more...] about Introducing Kuyper’s “Sphere Sovereignty”
Kuyper’s View of Creation
The third post in a series drawing from and interacting with Richard Mouw's Abraham Kuyper: A Short and Personal Introduction (Eerdmans, 2011). If Christ's concern, and therefore our concern is the redemption of the whole of Creation, how do we go about this? “How are we as Christians to work at redeemed cultural activity?” (Mouw, 15) The simple answer is that we dwell in the love of Christ and share His will. Before we get into the nuances of this answer, we need to look at the nature of Creation. … [Read more...] about Kuyper’s View of Creation