Here's a direct link to the MP3 file...
BTW, I mention Rowan Greer in this sermon. I highly recommend his book Christian Hope and Christian Life: Raids on the Inarticulate. In it he explores Christian Hope (Eschatology) in particular as it manifests in two broad traditions of thought. He spends a lot of time with some of the Patristic Fathers and has a patience for understanding the mindset of others that is beautiful to behold.
What is the destiny of the human soul in this life and the next? Dare we hope to “see God face to face,” or will our vision of God remain forever filtered “through a glass, darkly”? In this remarkable volume, Rowan A. Greer turns to the New Testament, the church fathers, and later writers to throw light on their own visions of the human soul. He suggests that Augustine of Hippo and Gregory of Nyssa represent two distinct strands of Christian thinking that find expression later in writers such as John Donne and Jeremy Taylor. Greer, who has trained two generations of historians and theologians in the rich thought of the early church, has succeeded in writing a volume that is both full of original scholarly insight and, by virtue of his elegant writing, accessible to laypeople and non-specialists. (Publisher's blurb)
I see that he has a new book out, as well, about miracles and our perception of them: The Fear of Freedom. If I ever chew through my current reading list I'll make room for that one...
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