Rollins On Knowledge

Posted by Jonathan Brink
July 23, 2008

Peter Rollins is blowing my mind.

“God is not a theoretical problem to somehow resolve but rather a mystery to be participated in.  This perspective is evidenced in the Bible itself when we note that the term “knowing” in the Hebrew tradition (in contrast to the Greek tradition) is about engaging in an intimate encounter with God rather than describing some objective fact: religious truth is thus that which transforms reality rather than that which describes it.  (p. 23-24)

Peter Rollins in How (Not) To Speak Of God

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  • I remember what I first found out that the same "know" used in knowing God is the one used when it says Adam "knew" Eve. I have no idea of what that intimacy looks like in the spiritual realm between God and I, but I feel like I am willing to spend the rest of my life finding out, you know?
  • Tracy, I often wonder if that is the whole point in following Jesus. To cast our gaze upon Him and say, "Is this really what God is like? Can it be this good?"
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