The Less You Know
The more you see, the less you know
The less you find out as you go
I knew much more then
Than I do now
- U2, "The City of Blinding Lights"
Over on the Musings blog, we have been having a pretty intense debate about knowledge and what it really means to know God and His truth. John Frame suggests this analogy: our knowledge of God is like a circle. The inside of the circle represents what we know; the outside of the circle represents what is mystery. As our knowledge grows (i.e. as the circle gets bigger), the circumference of the circle also grows. In other words: the more we know, the more we don't know. The greater our knowledge, the greater the mystery. And we should be OK with that.
What do you think? Have you found this to be true? I have found that those who are least content with mystery and tension are usually those who know the least about God and Scripture.
(On another note, much rejoicing in God's providential provision of a ticket to see U2 live at the Qwest Center on Dec 15. Paul, you rock. Larry: I'm in, baby! I fully expect it to be one of the most worshipful experiences I've had this year. I find "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" to be their most overtly biblical album since "The Joshua Tree." The more you know your Bible, the richer your listening experience. Hope to see many of you there!)
posted by Bob | 7:46 AM
1 Comments:
I was enjoying following along with that discussion on the musings blog....i've been going through a philosophy/theology class and have learned a lot about the shift from modernity to post-modernity......amazingly intersting stuff.
I have learned a lot about the battle between - trying to figure everything out and being content with mystery and the shortcomings of my mind. I am around a lot of people who argue and argue over theological issues they feel they can be dogmatic about, all for the sake of being right, or thinking they are right.
I hope that as my circle gets bigger my head stays the same size.
I love theology, and I love learning more and more....but I still often find it a struggle to just use what I've learned to "be right" instead of using it to love Christ.
I also see a correlation between this and what we talked about in Gospel transformation. That as our relationship with Christ grows and our cross gets bigger, it exposes more of our sinfulness and shows us even more the holiness of God vs. the sinfulness of man. And we see how much we need the cross and the gospel everyday.
ps...Bob if you die in the next couple of weeks, can I have your ticket?
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