I’ve had a draft for part III of my ongoing (and I use the work “ongoing” rather loosely in light of my lack of any writing) series in the works for some time, but I do not feel that I’m able to complete it right now. Were I to do so, it would be my magnum opus. Our present-day shallow view of the goodness of God bears very little resemblance to the real thing. We think of God’s goodness as something comforting, like a hot shower after a hard day’s work. But really, God’s goodness is more like a consuming fire. We should fear His goodness as much as His wrath, for His wrath flows directly from His goodness.
To properly express the goodness of God will require some time. It is not really a topic for a 23 year old to undertake lightly. I hope to return to it someday. It seems far from accidental that “God” and “good” are nearly the same work in English. That we have such a selfish view of them both should be rather unsurprising. Neither God nor His goodness are really intended to make us happy. The world does not revolve around us humans.
So, let’s see if I can’t get back into writing a bit, eh? Now that I’ve stopped writing this series on God and Goodness, perhaps it’s time I looked toward something just a bit lighter to write about. What might that be, you ask?
Calvinism.
Bankes returns! If “The Elder” was still in print, this would be front-page news.
Your definition of “lighter” obviously differs slightly from mine.