Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Epilogue: For Thine is the Kingdom

Epilogue – For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.  Amen.

Doxology – Walter Brueggemann at a recent conference exclaimed that doxology needs to be exuberant, a self-abandonment in response to the inexplicable generosity of God.  Easter certainly is a time for doxology, exuberant praise of God for all God has done for us!

As we finish our Bible Study, it feels inadequate to end on being tested.  It doesn’t feel complete.  To feel complete I add an exclamation about our God – for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever!  Doxology!  We need to “do” doxology, a statement of faith in our God who provides everything we need.  And then we begin all over again, “Our Father . . .”