Jacques Ellul
Ellul: Walking the Talk, Redeeming the Time
Ellul says that Christians are called to "redeem the time" through both action and words, which are inseparable.
Jacques Ellul
Jacques Ellul
Ellul: Thoughts & Prayers
Jacques Ellul offers "thoughts and prayers" for Christians seeking to preserve the world.
Jacques Ellul
Ellul: Stop Making Sense
A summary so far; what ethics are for; the problem with being nice.
Jacques Ellul
Ellul: Do Not Confuse Christian Ethics with Morality
We try to resolve the tension of living in a sinful world by creating systems of morality to try and improve the situation. But the world can't be made less sinful by us, and Christianity is not morality.
Jacques Ellul
Laypeople of the World, Unite (I Mean, Unite Two Opposing Concepts and Hold Them in Tension)
The layperson is where the church connects with the world, but instead we choose to compartmentalize our faith.
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Ephemera, 8/10/23
This time: Stupid AI tricks; the subversive Bible.
Jacques Ellul
We Cannot Solve Sin's Consequences by Human Means
"On the one hand, we cannot make this world less sinful; on the other, we cannot accept it as it is."
Jacques Ellul
Sin & Scandal
Ellul: Christians try to overcome the "scandal" of living in a sinful world by either compartmentalizing their faith away from it, or attempting to "Christianize" everything and make it seem less sinful.
Jacques Ellul
Salt, Light, Sheep
Christians only have one job, according to Jacques Ellul. (The first of what turned out to be a multi-year marathon of noting my way through Ellul's Presence.)