928 Easter - A Scandalous Invitation

About this episode

This episode discusses the concept of faith preceding understanding, referencing John 20 and the thoughts of Frederick Buechner.

John 20 - Faith comes before understanding... "Almost nothing that makes any real difference can be proved. I can prove the law of gravity by dropping a shoe out the window. I can prove that the world is round if I’m clever at that sort of thing – that the radio works, that light travels faster than sound. I cannot prove the greatness of the great or the beauty of the beautiful. I cannot even prove my own free will; maybe my most heroic act, my truest love, my deepest thought, are all just subtler versions of what happens when the doctor taps my knee with his little rubber hammer and my foot jumps.” Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking Link for Art Study - Two Disciples at the Tomb by Henry Ossawa Tanner

Topics covered

• Easter
• faith
• understanding
• beauty
• free will

Keywords

• John 20
• Frederick Buechner
• art study
• Two Disciples at the Tomb

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