Prof John Barclay; “Paul, Grace and the Contemporary Crisis of Self-Worth”

Public Lecture by Prof John Barclay at Alphacrucis College - March 1st, 2018

[@MapleMeHoney]

I can’t believe he was here in Australia and I didn’t know!!

[@Liminalplace1]

In this the traditional reading of Paul with plight then solution is turned on its head to be solution that reveals out plight. That in itself is valuable in refocusing evangelism.

[@johnstewart7025]

"We don't know why people have worth." Thomas Jefferson answered that perfectly well. Either it is self-evident to YOU or it is not. The patriots fought a war over it. The North won a war to prove that Jefferson was wrong about slavery. That is the "moral arc of the universe" that so many have talked about. We are the ones who bend it to our will. Or we don't.

[@johnstewart7025]

After listening to all of this, i am reminded of tao, which regards bad as necessary entailment of the good. The tao is actually the sublime.

[@Titobandido456]

58:17

[@Titobandido456]

39:16

[@JoshWashington]

37:40 Not sure how he can say 'Our salvation is already given and complete in Christ' when we have not been raised by the Spirit yet.