Could this also perhaps be referred to as a phenomenological or behavioural approach? The focus of existential theology seems to be on the lived experience while bracketing out any metaphysical justification. It's impossible to see how belief in "the divinity of Jesus, his resurrection from the dead, or the existence of God" cashes out on the other side of eternity, but presumably they are meant to bear some fruits on this side that should be detectable regardless of persuasion ("... on earth as it is in heaven").
I think when people deny the existence of God or His role in the world it’s more so that they are denying the people who were charged to lead them to Him in the first place. I think it was the Dahli Lama that said “I like your Christ, I don’t care for your Christians”. When we miss the Great Commission, the real one we do more to destroy the message of Christ than we do to carry it. I think its those of us who acknowledge this post-Christian world & know that Christ resurrected is the only Way for a life in abundance are who are keeping God from dying in the hearts of the world. It’s the science of psychology that’s proving that humans are religious at our core. We worship, praise & are awe struck constantly, believer or not. What the world comes around too, eventually as frustrating as that is, is that God is at the center of it all & any departure only & always leads to lacking.
No matter how hard I, & the rest of the world, try to take God out of the equation we just can’t seem to do it. He is the creator of it all. That’s why the post-Christian era has prompted more disciples of Christ to get better at “explain where their hope comes from.” Our hope isn’t because the Bible tells us so or just because. Those explanations won’t suffice anymore. Why, technically, do we hope & have faith? These are questions that must be answered & humans are made to seek answers. Will we seek the answers in the world or in Him. The emptiness of the former always causes the fullness of the later.
Could this also perhaps be referred to as a phenomenological or behavioural approach? The focus of existential theology seems to be on the lived experience while bracketing out any metaphysical justification. It's impossible to see how belief in "the divinity of Jesus, his resurrection from the dead, or the existence of God" cashes out on the other side of eternity, but presumably they are meant to bear some fruits on this side that should be detectable regardless of persuasion ("... on earth as it is in heaven").
I think when people deny the existence of God or His role in the world it’s more so that they are denying the people who were charged to lead them to Him in the first place. I think it was the Dahli Lama that said “I like your Christ, I don’t care for your Christians”. When we miss the Great Commission, the real one we do more to destroy the message of Christ than we do to carry it. I think its those of us who acknowledge this post-Christian world & know that Christ resurrected is the only Way for a life in abundance are who are keeping God from dying in the hearts of the world. It’s the science of psychology that’s proving that humans are religious at our core. We worship, praise & are awe struck constantly, believer or not. What the world comes around too, eventually as frustrating as that is, is that God is at the center of it all & any departure only & always leads to lacking.
No matter how hard I, & the rest of the world, try to take God out of the equation we just can’t seem to do it. He is the creator of it all. That’s why the post-Christian era has prompted more disciples of Christ to get better at “explain where their hope comes from.” Our hope isn’t because the Bible tells us so or just because. Those explanations won’t suffice anymore. Why, technically, do we hope & have faith? These are questions that must be answered & humans are made to seek answers. Will we seek the answers in the world or in Him. The emptiness of the former always causes the fullness of the later.