transfiguration

Desert Wastes and Delightful Waters

Sarah Ivill
Sep 1, 2021
When was the last time you wandered in the desert wastes of addiction or anger, dissensions or divisions, enmity or envy, idolatry or impurity, sensuality or strife, finding no way to fulfill the hole in your heart, but desperately trying to anyway? When have you faced betrayal or blame, cancer or...

Grace for Transformation

Mark Johnston
Apr 16, 2020
Every Christian can readily acknowledge, ‘I’m not what I used to be; but I am not yet what I will be!’ We are all very much a work in progress. This is reinforced by the verb tenses the Bible uses to refer to different aspects of salvation: we ‘have been saved’ (Eph 2.8), ‘…are being saved’ (1Co 15...

The Climactic Word - Transfigured Hermeneutics 6

Alastair Roberts
Mar 16, 2016
This is the sixth of a ten part treatment of the significance of the Transfiguration for Christian theology and biblical reflection. I am currently exploring the way in which the Transfiguration draws upon associations with the events of the Exodus and Mount Sinai and upon broader Old Testament...

The High Priest and the New Temple: Transfigured Hermeneutics 5

Alastair Roberts
Feb 26, 2016
This is the fifth of a multipart discussion of the importance of the event of the Transfiguration for Christian theology and biblical reflection. I have argued for illuminating parallels between the events of Sinai and that of the Transfiguration. My previous two posts explored the gospels'...

Transfigured Hermeneutics 4 - Jesus as God's Glory Face in John's Gospel

Alastair Roberts
Feb 1, 2016
This is the fourth part of a multipart discussion of the importance of the event of the Transfiguration for Christian theology and biblical reflection. In my first three posts, I argued for the significance accorded to the Transfiguration by its location within the narrative structure of the gospel...

Transfigured Hermeneutics 3: Transfiguration as Theophany

Alastair Roberts
Jan 13, 2016
This is the third part of a multipart series of posts on the subject of the Transfiguration and its significance for Christian theology and biblical reflection. Within the first couple of posts I explored the literary presentation of the event of the Transfiguration, chiefly as it appears in Luke's...

Transfigured Hermeneutics - Transfiguration and Exodus

Alastair Roberts
Dec 18, 2015
In my previous post , I introduced my exploration of the significance of the event of the Transfiguration. I began by observing the prominence of the event within the narrative structure of the gospels and its various parallels with the event of Jesus' Baptism. In addition to the parallels and...