Mysterious Encounters

The past posts in this series on knowing God have insisted on two paradoxical things: First, that our words, concepts, and experiences can never adequately describe God, and second, that God can nonetheless be known. With this in mind, the best word to describe God is probably Mystery. Contrary to what popular literary genres might … Continue reading Mysterious Encounters

We’re All Liars

We're all liars. Every single one of us who has ever spoken about God is a liar. Nothing we can say about God is ever really true. This may at first glance sound like a concession to the supposed "postmodern attack on Truth." But, this is actually a deep and ancient intuition about God, one … Continue reading We’re All Liars