Discerning the Signs of the Times: Sermons for Today and TomorrowC. Scribner's Sons, 1946 - 194 pagina's |
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Pagina 115
... Laughter is thus not merely a vestibule to faith but also a " no - man's land " between faith and despair . We laugh cheerfully at the incongruities on the surface of life ; but if we have no other resource but humour to deal with those ...
... Laughter is thus not merely a vestibule to faith but also a " no - man's land " between faith and despair . We laugh cheerfully at the incongruities on the surface of life ; but if we have no other resource but humour to deal with those ...
Pagina 120
... laugh at our- selves the more it becomes necessary and inevitable that others laugh at us . It is significant that little children are really very sober though they freely indulge in a laughter which expresses a pure animal joy of ...
... laugh at our- selves the more it becomes necessary and inevitable that others laugh at us . It is significant that little children are really very sober though they freely indulge in a laughter which expresses a pure animal joy of ...
Pagina 121
... laughter can not deal with the problem . If we continue to laugh after having recog- nized the depth of evil , our laughter becomes the instrument of irresponsibility . Laughter is thus not only the vestibule of the temple of confession ...
... laughter can not deal with the problem . If we continue to laugh after having recog- nized the depth of evil , our laughter becomes the instrument of irresponsibility . Laughter is thus not only the vestibule of the temple of confession ...
Inhoudsopgave
Anger and Forgiveness | 21 |
The Age Between the Ages | 39 |
The Nemesis of Nations | 57 |
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achievement Agnosticism anger anxiety become biblical character Christ Christian faith city of God claim to know complete conflict conscious contradiction corruption creatures deal deny derision detachment dimension divine judgment Epictetus eternal evil expression fact fascism fear fellowmen final finiteness forgiveness forms freedom frustrations fulfillment glass darkly Greek tragedy heart heaven hope human existence human history human spirit impartiality incongruities judges justice Karl Barth knowledge laugh laughter limits majesty man's Marshal Pétain meaning ment mercy merely Messianic modern moral mystery nations Nazi ness nice system obscure partly peace of God peace of nature penumbra perfect political possible pretensions pride problem promise prompted prophets punishment recognize REINHOLD NIEBUHR religion religious repentance resolved responsibilities revelation righteous seek self-righteous sense of humour social strength to bring suffering sun go tempted thou tion tomorrow total depravity transcends ultimate uncon unity unto victorious weakness whole wrath Zeus