Reading a Journal I wrote some years ago I came across a short extract from Gerhard Ebeling's book on the Lord's Prayer. This Lutheran theologian has written several books translated into english. His major work awaits translation, especially his Dogmatics. But meantime here is a taste of Ebeling at his astringent best:
"It sounds religious to put God beyond time as the Eternal, and to keep time well clear of God as being something limited, earthly, human. But with this kind of piety we make God unreal and reality godless."
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