Thinking about the important relationship between past events (and the attitudes that follow those events) in the past week with the advent of Victory Day caused me to pick up a book I read several years ago. The opening chapter of the book (The Collapse of History: Reconstructing Old Testament Theology) has an interesting set of quotes. I just wanted to share them with you.
History above all is a cemetery and field of the dead. - K.G. Steck
God created man, because he loves stories. - Elie Wiesel
The past is not dead; it is not even past. - William Faulkner
If thinking wants to think God, then it must endeavor to tell stories. - Eberhard Jungel
3 comments:
Ben, thanks for your comment. I would like to know more about you and what you are doing in Odessa.
Kenny Payne, where are you? I miss your blogged insights! ;)
AE
Hi, Kenny. This is Josh Sipper. I found your blog through Adam Ellis' blog. Hope you and your family are well. I love history. I think the passage in 1 Cor 10:11-12 gives a good look at making sure that we learn from history. The idea of "those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it" comes to mind when I read this passage. Keep up the good work!
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