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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

There is no mundane

"The whole world is remarkable. Said with appropriate qualifications, the universe is a miracle. This is not because the universe is a violation of natural law (how could that be?) but rather because the whole universe is nothing but sheer, unadulterated gift or grace. God overflows, and He overflows infinitely into the created order. There is no such thing as the mundane."
-Pastor Douglas Wilson, here.

4 comments:

JFC said...

Interesting idea, considering that mundane comes from the Latin mund(us), which means world. If the world is remarkable, then by etymological definition, mundane (the ordinary things of the world) is remarkable. That is, the ordinary is extraordinary.

I'm not sure that will fit in the logic textbooks that Wilson uses, but I would concur with his conclusion anyway.

:)

Sarie said...

Thanks, Natalie, now I have something to think about.

Thanks, JFC, now my brain hurts.

Sarie said...

Okay, well, actually, JFC, you're right. The gnostic types must have stolen the word 'mundane' and made it mean what it does!

That's the closest to a conspiracy I can get without adding extra-terrestrials...Hmm...extra-terrestrials...mundus...mundane...world....

Never mind. I'm getting off topic here.

blackhat said...

That's pretty sweet.

(and this is not my dad, this is me, but I thought I would leave him signed in so he wouldn't have to sign back in next time he wanted to post on someone's blog)

me being Hannah.