What Language Shall I Borrow: Reflections on Faith

He ascended into heaven.

He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

Jesus “descends into hell” to be where we are, where we have been, or where we may yet be.

“We know of none whom God has wholly and exclusively abandoned to himself.  . .only of One who was lost. This One is Jesus Christ.” – Karl Barth

To speak of holy things requires using earthbound language in creative ways.

The Reformer John Calvin spoke of scripture as God’s “baby talk.” It’s not written just for intellectuals or experts.

Neither English nor any other human language has the capacity to speak directly about God.

Only by improvising, juxtaposing one image alongside another, do we have any chance of glimpsing the enormous grandeur of God.

The Apostles’ Creed is a brief summary of the Christian faith.

We may spend a lifetime wrestling with the creeds, challenging them and being challenged by them, while growing into them.