Nathan Rupp @NRupp7
Husband, father, eastern orthodox, MTh, working through CPEs, and learning to live gently in a violent world. NathanRupp.blogspot.com Grandview, Mo. Joined November 2016-
Tweets444
-
Followers345
-
Following855
-
Likes3K
"Memory believes before knowing remembers." -As I Lay Dying
“The world” with its ugly pride, materialism, lust, greed, militarism & hatred is a lie. Jesus Christ & His beautiful, gentle Kingdom of Love, Joy & Peace is the Truth.
“..no human heart will persevere in its hardness, but will melt & will be transfigured by ..love. ‘Beauty will save the world’ (Dostoevsky, The Idiot) — but this will be the beauty of Holiness.” ~ Fr. Sergius Bulgakov — followed by the best footnote I think I’ve ever read:
The reality of Christ’s nature is not to be proved by argument. He must be beheld.
"If one believes in the Prince of Peace one must stop committing crimes in the name of the Prince of Peace." —James Baldwin
“Annihilation itself is no death to evil. Only good where evil was, is evil dead. An evil thing must live with its evil until it chooses to be good. That alone is the slaying of evil.” ~ George MacDonald
When Elder Zosima (The Brothers Karamazov) was asked how one could prove the existence existence of God and the immortality of the soul, Zosima said, “There’s no way to prove it, though you can be convinced.” When asked how, Zosima answered, “The experience of active love.”
“Now Jesus ..is born as a child for us, in different ways in the hearts of those who receive Him. He is not the same in everyone, but only according to the measure of those in whom He dwells, adapting Himself to the capacity of each one who receives Him.” ~ St Gregory of Nyssa
“Our children are richer when we let them know that we, even as adults, want to grow, too, and that we hope to keep growing all our lives.”
Let us obey life, and the Spirit of Life that calls us to be poets, and we shall harvest many new fruits for which the world hungers – fruits of hope that have never been seen before. With these fruits we shall calm the resentments and the rage of man. Message to Poets
Defining “sin” as “missing the mark”still misses the mark is we misdefine “the mark” as something like moral perfection rather than loving God wholeheartedly and loving our neighbour as ourselves.
"Man was led astray by deception and deliberately drew upon himself that catastrophe which all mortals now share. Man himself invented evil: he did not find it in God. Nor did God make death; it was man himself who ..was the creator of all that is evil." ~ St Gregory of Nyssa
The housing movement, rent control and no eviction is escalating in a beautiful way! Decent housing is a human right! This is manifesting clearly in this struggle in Seattle! Press Release: cornelwest24.org/press_release_…
God’s fire, which is his essential being, his love, his creative power, is a fire unlike its earthly symbol in this, that it is only at a distance it burns—that the farther from him, the worse it burns, and that when we turn and begin to approach, it begins to change to comfort.
"The Incarnation isn't just God coming into the world of time and place; it's also God taking all times and places into himself so that they'll all be present to him in his peacemaking, forgiving, reconciling power. Nobody is left out, you see." ~ Robert Farrar Capon
"Tradition must enter into the present as a force still capable of a future." - David Bentley Hart
Humanity is a sacrificial being, because we find our life in love, and love is sacrificial: it puts the value, the very meaning of life in the other and gives life to the other, and in this giving... finds the meaning and joy of life. -Alexander Schmemann
Joseph Messing @JosephMessing21
202 Followers 1K Following Am actually not "beat" but strange solitary crazy Catholic mystic. Fundies will be blocked.Evanu mendy☦️ @Evanu290581
76 Followers 2K Following Blessings to those who are generous to the poor and may God bless them protect from bad things that what to come on there way God time is the best🙏🏿Native American Commu.. @NativeA77507827
6K Followers 3K Following Always feel proud to be #NativeAmerican. 🥰Madi @mendyI100
533 Followers 5K Following Romans 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.✝️Michael Martin @Sophiologist_
1K Followers 1K Following Michael Martin, PhD. Poet, etc. Spiritual revolutionary. BOOKS: https://t.co/loVf5o0m6V https://t.co/X10tTX2dHPsamuel smith @samuels36481259
1K Followers 5K Following Philippians 4:13 I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens MeGordon Marino @GordonMarino
3K Followers 4K Following Professor of philosophy at @StOlaf, former boxer & author of The Existentialist's Survival Guide (available now)Eli (Stop Israel's ge.. @pretentiouscox
488 Followers 1K Following ''They’ll say we are disturbing the peace. But there is no peace. What really bothers them is we are disturbing the war.'' –Howard ZinnMembership Podcast @MembershipPod
201 Followers 121 Following A podcast about the life and work of Wendell Berry: the Kentucky farmer, poet, novelist, and essayist. Hosted by @johnepattison and David Johnson. And guests!RED, WHITE & YOU @KimberlyMorey8
2K Followers 5K Following I’m me and I like it! - 🇺🇸🙏🐕🦺🏄♀️God, Family, Country, Animals & Surfing! Happily married for 20+ yrs & MOM to our beautiful daughter. Journalist.Feral Spamlet, Thunde.. @feralspamlet
1K Followers 1K Following loved sinner. struggling stoic. @caro__bob’s boy toy. amor fati. he/him🇻🇦🏳️🌈Lars Iyer @UtterlySpurious
3K Followers 869 Following Novelist: My Weil, Nietzsche and the Burbs, Wittgenstein Jr and the Spurious trilogyDoug Hynd @DouginCanberra
983 Followers 750 Following Irregular theologian Retweets are not endorsements. Go Cats! Not easy being Green. @dougincanberra.blsky.social☭ Mutha Nature❤�.. @1luckymutha
2K Followers 5K Following ❤she/her/mum comrade ☭ 🏴☠️@muthanature.bsky.socialᗰᗩ丅丅ᕼᗴᗯ.. @mzw_13
811 Followers 1K Following Hospice Chaplain | 🦚 І҃С Х҃С 🕊 | 🍞🍷 | 🌹 | 👽 | Eastern Orthodox | Tweets Without AuthorityTomorrow Bird @Tomorrow_Bird
3K Followers 3K Following Award-winning Americana/folk duo from the UK. We write heartfelt songs with our characteristic harmonies. Love The Civil Wars, food, crochet, & whittling.Daniel Jones @DanielAJones93
534 Followers 210 Following Interests: Eastern Orthodoxy, Neoplatonism, Polytheism, World Religions, strength training / oly weightlifting, thinking, geosciences and engineering, sports.Jason Houck @JasonHouck
240K Followers 83K Following Born Again Christian, Christ Follower, Social Media Marketing for Entrepreneurs & Small Business Owners. Love God, My Family & Enjoying Life. Stay POSITIVE!!!Richard L. Cupp @CuppRick
2K Followers 2K Following John W. Wade Professor of Law @Pepperdine. Yes to animal welfare protection, no to animal legal personhood. New website: https://t.co/qomLyDOAqz. My opinions.Ty Monroe @typaulmonroe
547 Followers 833 Following husband|father|theology prof|Mainer|✝️⚾️🏒🏀|lukewarm takes| @BosColTheology @DukeDivinity @smwc | https://t.co/DWp2cqUopZSujit Thomas @ThomasSujit
5K Followers 4K Following Orthodox Priest; jurisdiction: Malankara; pacifist in culture war; not a pagan sorcererJavan Lapp @javan_lapp
86 Followers 308 Following Student of Leadership and Organizational Culture. Lean manufacturing geek. Collector of compelling stories. Mennonite.GOARCH Press Office @GOARCH_Press
2K Followers 2K Following The official Twitter account for the Press Office of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. For more please follow @Elpidophoros, @goarch, @OrthoObserverRocky Mountain Enviro.. @RockyConsulting
4K Followers 3K Following A socially responsible company run by passionate environmental justice advocates. Tweeting the best news. #climateactionEmily Cain, Ph.D. @ecainer
505 Followers 781 Following Associate Professor, History of Christianity, Loyola University Chicago. she/her/hersJoshuaMicah @iamjoshuamicah
65K Followers 58K Following drinks too much coffee. writes songs. let’s be friends⚡️// Join the group chat 👇Andrew @FtFtLive @FtFtLive
562 Followers 1K Following https://t.co/fcoVjrV4a2 author and student of OrthodoxyRoberto De La Noval �.. @roberto_noval
2K Followers 2K Following Teaching and writing theology; translating Russian All views my own The Sophiology of Death: https://t.co/Jea2wQl4O4James Janneh @JannehJames
339 Followers 4K Following Hello my friends and family I'm from the Gambia and I'm living in a village called Babylon we need support and take care my little siblings please 😇John Fotopoulos @JohnFotopoulos_
680 Followers 246 Following Associate Professor, New Testament & Early Christianity, @saintmarys, Notre Dame, INNathaniel Rupp @Nathanielrupp1
7 Followers 35 FollowingFred Herron @realFredHerron
157 Followers 272 Following Prodigal pastor who loves a prodigal God, nature, cycling, rock climbing, books and sharing funny stories with family and friends.Cynthia Walker @wordsforthewise
34 Followers 173 Following Enjoys researching, studying and writing about societal and biblical issues.Sue Swanson @swanbyrd
20 Followers 85 Following Voluntarist, would-be agorist, 'truther', Eastern (i.e. Orthodox) Christian, New Grass music-lover, dazzled by nature, Classical Stretch doer. Mom & Gma, 🤗oohshesspeaking @shesspeaking77
2K Followers 2K Followingseth @studeronomy
207 Followers 805 Following Occasional Academic; Amateur Historian; Orthodox Christian; Operating Thetan Hegelian Level VIII; General ExpertPhil Dorroll @phildorroll
2K Followers 1K Following Assoc. Prof. of Religion; research on Islamic and Orthodox Christian theology in Turkish and Arabic; supports 🇺🇦Eazy-Epete @erikpeterson72
298 Followers 3K Following Never had a bad idea in my life. Standup philosopher. MN sports junkie. Politically Jeffersonian.Aviya Kushner @AviyaKushner
2K Followers 983 Following Author of WOLF LAMB BOMB & The Grammar of God * Language columnist @jdforward * On Being and Timeliness on Substack *https://t.co/vWzsMxAnfeEric Stetson @EricStetson
2K Followers 2K Following Author, blogger, big-picture thinker. Politically independent, open-minded Christian. Standing for democracy, decency, pluralism, free speech, and civic virtue.Antiochian Village @AVCamp78
69 Followers 87 Following The NEW official Twitter account of the Antiochian Village Camp! To learn more about AV, make a donation, or get involved, click the link below!Door of Joy @DoorOfJoy
160 Followers 521 Following Spiritual quotes about Joy in Christ #Orthodox #Spiritual #Christian #Saint #Faith #Love #JoyDr. #DefenderOfDemocr.. @HeideggerFan
7K Followers 6K Following English/Rhetoric Ph.D.: Black Studies & Critical Theory. #TeamRhetoric #Logic #Ontology #Epistemology #Hermeneutics #Existentialism #Humanism #SaveDemocracy 💉William Irwin @williamirwin38
7K Followers 7K Following Heavy Metal Professor.THE MEANING OF METALLICA.General Editor Philosophy and Pop Culture books https://t.co/mL0KCwERwb #liberty #bothandpoetry #AlwaysDaoPoetryImani Brings The Payn.. @MonziTweetz
77 Followers 425 Following Verse: John 3:30 • Motto: Love Jesus. Love people. Change the world. • Hobby: Hosting a talk show • Superpower: Live tweeting old TV/movies.Bradley Jersak - Be m.. @bradjersak
10K Followers 340 Following Principal, St Stephens University https://t.co/NDF7PziFemBrian Zahnd @BrianZahnd
64K Followers 284 Following Founding pastor of @WOLC. Author of eleven books, including The Wood Between the Worlds, When Everything's on Fire, and Sinners In the Hands of a Loving God.Fr Fedora @EOrthodoxy
7K Followers 517 Following Apokatastasis is but the gospel of Christ’s absolute and unconditional love sung in an eschatological key.kennethtanner @kennethtanner
4K Followers 1K Following Pastor: Holy Redeemer | Contributor: Mockingbird, Sojourners, Clarion l Author: “Vulnerable God” (forthcoming, Baker Books) l https://t.co/yG4DNVWpClAnthony @timesflow
6K Followers 908 Following Exorbitant demands of words, music, pictures. Making notes and sketching pathways.Danté Stewart (Stew) @stewartdantec
47K Followers 2K Following 📚Author: Shoutin' In The Fire: An American Epistle. ❤️ I love my family ✨ Spiritual wisdom for everyday people. request: @blueflowerartsBeth Allison Barr, Ph.. @bethallisonbarr
55K Followers 3K Following **On Twitter Break; Not Monitoring DMs** Professor @BaylorHistory @boydellbrewer @Baylor_Press @BrazosPress https://t.co/2Zpse1zRKe Photo: Karla RuizPlough Quarterly @Plough
15K Followers 656 Following Another life is possible. Plough is an international magazine of stories, ideas, and culture, publishing daily online and quarterly in print. Books @ploughbooksRobert G. Callahan, I.. @RCallahanWaco
8K Followers 630 Following Attorney • Author of FIRE IN THE WHOLE🔥: Embracing Righteous Anger w/ White Christianity & Reclaiming Our Wholeness (Sept ‘24). https://t.co/wIbrfRxAooGOARCH Archives @GOARCHArchives
149 Followers 98 Following The world’s leading repository and research center for the historical study of Orthodox Christianity in America and its global impactFr Justin ☦️ @Fr_JustinSD
323 Followers 89 Following Orthodox Priest, Patriarchate of Antioch: Diocese of New England (Maine) 🌲 Formerly Old England (Lincolnshire) 🏴 |Joseph Messing @JosephMessing21
202 Followers 1K Following Am actually not "beat" but strange solitary crazy Catholic mystic. Fundies will be blocked.Evanu mendy☦️ @Evanu290581
76 Followers 2K Following Blessings to those who are generous to the poor and may God bless them protect from bad things that what to come on there way God time is the best🙏🏿In The Woods🌳🌦�.. @DuckieLouise
5K Followers 1K Following Working on more art to show you 🎨• Average on the internet • The beauty of Grace is that it makes life not fair 💒• IG: https://t.co/y92iqyFCN4Naila Ayad🇵🇸 @Naila_Ayad
66K Followers 4K Following Hello from my heart to you. I tweet for a living. No, I do that to feed the trolls! BDS🇵🇸 #FreePalestine I only follow those who love Palestine🇵🇸Lakota Man @LakotaMan1
530K Followers 19K Following Oglala Lakota —Enrolled at Pine Ridge, S.D. — “The earth sings her revolution, she calls brave men and women to her defense.” — The only easy day was yesterday.Ross Coulthart @rosscoulthart
116K Followers 1K Following Investigative journalist/author: IN PLAIN SIGHT https://t.co/3djNHGm68u Podcast: https://t.co/iKr37LsUFQ. Email: [email protected]Aidan Gallagher @AidanRGallagher
677K Followers 328 Following 🕊 United Nations Environment Goodwill Ambassador for North America 🎥 Starring in Netflix series #UmbrellaAcademy ☂️ Environmental Advocate ♻️ PlantBased 🌍Galileo Project @GalileoProject1
48K Followers 0 Following The official account of The Galileo Project, a project dedicated to the systematic scientific search for evidence of extraterrestrial technological artifacts.Native American Commu.. @NativeA77507827
6K Followers 3K Following Always feel proud to be #NativeAmerican. 🥰Traveling Geologist @travelinggeolog
5K Followers 327 Following The TravelingGeologist provides a platform for geologists to share adventures in science. Write to [email protected] to share your own!All things Restored @miketdale
385 Followers 161 Followingдса правосл.. @dsaorthocaucus
2K Followers 2K Following im eastern orthodox. i hate racists. im a union guy.Kansas City @KansasCity
157K Followers 394 Following Official account for the City of Kansas City, Missouri. Follows & RT’s are not endorsements. Service Req - @KCMO311.Paul Sparks @paul_sparks
4K Followers 3K Following Reimagining neighborhoods as the anchor ecology for planetary wellbeing #socialecologist #municipalist #bioregionalist #cosmolocalist #solarpunk #ABCD (he/him)Saint Luke's @saintlukeskc
4K Followers 1K Following Saint Luke's Health System includes 16 hospitals and provides a range of services in metro KC and the region. Social media policy: https://t.co/wAhnoWLclHGrantCameron @GrantCameron
37K Followers 260 Following WhitehouseUFO & PresidentialUFO #UFO #Disclosure #UAP #UFOtwitter #consciousness #paranormalMichael Martin @Sophiologist_
1K Followers 1K Following Michael Martin, PhD. Poet, etc. Spiritual revolutionary. BOOKS: https://t.co/loVf5o0m6V https://t.co/X10tTX2dHPWilliam Dalrymple @DalrympleWill
1.2M Followers 3K Following Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK podcaster& Jaipur Literature Festival co-director; Mehrauli goatherd & kabooter baz. Writes the occasional bookBrandon Fugal @BrandonFugal
98K Followers 1K Following All things Commercial Real Estate. Skinwalker Ranch. Chairman, Colliers Utah. Investor. Entrepreneur. [email protected]Mary Kate Holman @HolmanMK
596 Followers 688 Following PhD from @FordhamTheology. Assistant Professor at @FairfieldU. Co-convener of Catholic Re-Visions @PolTheoNetwork.Mark Chironna @markchironna
45K Followers 2K Following Bishop, PhD U B'Ham, Theo-Semiotician, DMin, Psychology, MA., BCC Coach, MusicianAbout Face: Veterans .. @VetsAboutFace
33K Followers 2K Following Mobilizing the military community against U.S. wars, militarism, and imperialism — at home and abroad. Join the movement to #DropTheMIC. 📎Munther Isaac منذ�.. @MuntherIsaac
45K Followers 751 Following Father. Husband. Palestinian Christian Theologian. Evangelical Lutheran Pastor in Bethlehem. Academic Dean of Beth Bible College. Lead Christ at the Checkpoint.Adam Robbert @AE_Robbert
4K Followers 539 Following Askēsis | Attention is an art form | Philosophy as a way of life | Founded @TheSideViewCo | Substack: https://t.co/ezQigN5ewRNicholas Denysenko @NicholasDenyse1
352 Followers 122 Following Valpo professor. Nature lover. Free thinker. Sports guy. Walker. Proponent of non-violence. Ukrainian-American. Human being. Orthodox Christian. Ps. 68:5.Peace Is Active @peaceisactive
23K Followers 25K Following Peace is Active: https://t.co/nc5GjX1p1V Written by @TomMcCannWIGordon Marino @GordonMarino
3K Followers 4K Following Professor of philosophy at @StOlaf, former boxer & author of The Existentialist's Survival Guide (available now)Eli (Stop Israel's ge.. @pretentiouscox
488 Followers 1K Following ''They’ll say we are disturbing the peace. But there is no peace. What really bothers them is we are disturbing the war.'' –Howard ZinnContemplative Icons @cntmpltvicons
2K Followers 244 Following 🌱 Icons painted in Colorado 🌱 Ancient methods. Natural materials. 🌱 Icons for sale and made to order 🌱 DM for commissions or questionsMembership Podcast @MembershipPod
201 Followers 121 Following A podcast about the life and work of Wendell Berry: the Kentucky farmer, poet, novelist, and essayist. Hosted by @johnepattison and David Johnson. And guests!Missourians to Abolis.. @MADPMO
4K Followers 872 Following Statewide nonprofit working to #AbolishTheDeathPenalty and uplift those on #DeathRow in Missouri.Rod Dreher @roddreher
101K Followers 683 Following Conservative, Orthodox Christian, Southerner, eclecticist. ‘The Benedict Option', 'Live Not By Lies'. Danube Institute, The European Conservative 🇮🇱Helen Ransom @TheHelenRansom
355 Followers 398 Following Mom to 4 (#triplets plus 1), professional #photographer, supporter of all things public education. Grandview C-4 School Board Vice President.Sohrab Ahmari @SohrabAhmari
144K Followers 1K Following Founder and editor, @compactmag_. "American Affairs" columnist, @NewStatesman. Author, most recently, TYRANNY, INC.Feral Spamlet, Thunde.. @feralspamlet
1K Followers 1K Following loved sinner. struggling stoic. @caro__bob’s boy toy. amor fati. he/him🇻🇦🏳️🌈Stephen Freeman @g2g4allthings
882 Followers 5 Following Orthodox priest, writer, speaker, grandfather.Shayne Swenson Icons .. @ShayneSwenson
6K Followers 479 Following Orthodox Christian Iconographer/Oil PainterLars Iyer @UtterlySpurious
3K Followers 869 Following Novelist: My Weil, Nietzsche and the Burbs, Wittgenstein Jr and the Spurious trilogyDavid W. Congdon @dwcongdon
7K Followers 5K Following Senior Editor, @Kansas_Press @dwceditor | Instructor @udseminary | New book: WHO IS A TRUE CHRISTIAN? (Cambridge University Press, 2024)Aaron Gwyn @AmericanGwyn
12K Followers 876 Following Novelist & Professor: ALL GOD'S CHILDREN @EuropaEditions, WYNNE'S WAR @MarinerBooks, DOG ON THE CROSS @AlgonquinBooks. Repped by Peter Straus @RCWLitAgency.Kerri ní Dochartaigh @kerri_ni
5K Followers 3K Following m o t h e r w r i t e r 🤍CEASEFIRE NOW🤍 [email protected]Christine Emba @ChristineEmba
18K Followers 1K Following Staff writer @TheAtlantic. Formerly columnist & Ed Board member @WashingtonPost. Author of "Rethinking Sex: A Provocation" (https://t.co/xs49Yjuzbs).Christians Against Wa.. @shalt_not_kill
300 Followers 66 Following Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian Christians united to stop the Russian agression against UkraineThe McLuhan Institute @McLinstitute
5K Followers 175 Following TMI: making sense. Home of McLuhan studies in the McLuhan tradition since 2017The Pappas Patristic .. @PappasPatristic
2K Followers 712 Following The PPI at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology supports patristic scholarship through conferences, lectures, summer programs, and publishing.Father Schmemann 🔥 “During Great Lent, the biblical dimension of worship is given increased emphasis. One can say that the forty days of Lent are, in a way, the return of the Church into the spiritual situation of the Old Testament — the time *before Christ, the time of…
Let us ever and always be ambassadors of the Prince of Peace. May we never serve as the religious enablers of tyrants and warmongers. May we never bless war; never call hell holy. May we ever and always seek to embody the peaceable kingdom that Jesus Christ as inaugurated.
“Imagine the words of Scripture as coals that glow and flare out when God’s holy breath, invited by my engagement, once again stirs them, so that my embrace of Scripture is a participation with the unfolding mystery of grace.” -@perizahnd #ListentoWomenPreach
“The sons of the Church will be truly faithful when they cease being tied to the Church and at any moment are free to descend in their thought to the principles and motives of their faith and, having descended, are free to return, because that is what the truth demands.” ~ Pavel…
Israel and Iran have entered an escalating mimetic rivalry where each imagines they are radically different than the other, while in fact they are imitating one another.
Children must never work for our love. They must rest in it.
The baptized belong to the world to come and are called to live like it here and now.
“Only deification [apocatastasis] is capable of justifying creation. It is the only theodicy.” ~ Fr Sergius Bulgakov, The Bride of the Lamb, 501 This saying must be true & therefore worthy of the full acceptance of the Orthodox Church, right?
Today was a very special day for Peri and me. St. Stephen’s University conferred upon us Honorary Doctorates of Divinity. The ceremony was held at the Church of Mary in Ephesus—site of the Third Ecumenical Council in 431 that declared Mary as the Theotokos (God-bearer), …
Part of what fundamentalist Orthobros etc don’t understand is that, for both those in & outside of Orthodoxy, God cares less about the precision of our doctrinal affirmations & much more about our deeds — how we treat people — and if we have loved our neighbor. This the judgment.
Since Love is always the Way of deification, our primary temptation is toward fear, leading to anger and hate, which all lead to death.
I don't know, maybe the real danger "dopamine" poses is the temptation to reduce the whole of human experience to its operation.
“The culture of white evangelicalism is inherently post-Christian; it is something that comes in the wake of Christianity; it is not a legitimate expression of the tradition, so much as what has come about as a result of a collapse of Christian principles in western modernity.
“Scripture affirms the universal resurrection in glory so unshakably that it should be considered a dogma of the Church. And it is in fact indisputable in the sense that incorruptibility and immortality are given to *all* resurrected bodies. ..This universality of resurrection,…
Behold the man. "Pilate deserves our sympathies, not because he was a good though tragically mistaken man, but because we are not much better. We may believe in Jesus, but we do not believe in his ideas, at least not his ideas about violence, truth, and Justice." ~Miroslav Volf
This somewhat popular and totally ridiculous meme of a “muscular Christianity” is actually a repudiation of the cross. This is the jeering crowd saying, “Come down from the cross and save yourself!” It represents an aberrant Christianity scandalized by God revealed in weakness.