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Conversations with a Flatlander
Read more: Conversations with a FlatlanderI have been engaged in what appears to be a useless conversation. I’m having a private email chat with an atheist/materialist who insists that there are no miracles – everything can be explained by “natural” means and that the world will be better off when everyone finally agrees this is true. He is a crusader. […]
Allegory, Interpretation, Modernity, Mystical Theology, Orthodox Christianity, Reflections, Scripture, The Sacraments
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The Hidden Gospel
Read more: The Hidden GospelThere is a genre of Scriptural writings that are described as “apocalyptic.” The book of Revelation, in Greek, is called “The Apocalypse.” Ezekiel and Daniel also have very strong passages described as apocalyptic. The term is very straightforward: it means “revealing what is hidden.” These books are described as “making known hidden things,” because their […]
Allegory, Interpretation, Modernity, Mystical Theology, Orthodox Christianity, Reflections, Scripture, Scripture
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From the Beginning – True Authorial Intent
Read more: From the Beginning – True Authorial IntentI read a discussion concerning my earlier article on allegory in which someone identified himself as a writer. He stated that if a reader saw something in his writing that he had not intended, then either he or his reader had failed. His statement is an extreme example of what is called “authorial intent”: what […]
Allegory, Communion, Interpretation, Knowledge of God, Modernity, Mystical Theology, Orthodox Christianity, Reflections, Scripture, The Sacraments, Tolkien
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Reading Beneath the Words
Read more: Reading Beneath the WordsThe relationship between Old and New Testaments is much less straightforward than most people realize. A majority of Christians, particularly in our contemporary world, probably assume that their relationship is mostly historical, that the Old Testament is about things that happened before Christ while the New Testament speaks of Christ Himself and things that come […]
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An Important Conversation – How Should We Think About the Bible as History?
Read more: An Important Conversation – How Should We Think About the Bible as History?A recent conversation on the blog seemed worth a full article. The question centered around the problem of the historical character of the Biblical record. I’ll let the question speak for itself: I have a question to ask about the historicity of the New Testament, one that’s been gnawing at me for quite some time. […]
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The Way of Shame and the Way of Thanksgiving
Read more: The Way of Shame and the Way of ThanksgivingThe language of “self-emptying” can have a sort of Buddhist ring. It sounds as we are referencing a move towards becoming a vessel without content – the non-self. Given our multicultural world, such a reference is understandable. It is, however, unfortunate and requires that we visit the true nature of Christian self-emptying. Our self-emptying is […]
Atonement, Cross, Mystical Theology, Orthodox Christianity, Reflections, Repentance, Thankfulness, Union with God
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Modern Illusions
Read more: Modern IllusionsA “better world” and “making a difference” are deeply embedded in our cultural consciousness. They seem to be obvious goals for the human life. My recent articles questioning this consciousness have touched a deep chord for many, some wondering that if such things are wrong, “why bother?” There are two thoughts I want to offer […]
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Brief Notes on the Kingdom – You Are Not Advancing It
Read more: Brief Notes on the Kingdom – You Are Not Advancing ItReference was made in a recent comment to “advancing the Kingdom of God.” This is a short note with some basic theology on the Kingdom. The Kingdom of God is a Divine reality. It is the marriage of heaven and earth, of the created and the uncreated. It is the resurrection of the dead and […]
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Doing Good in a Bad World
Read more: Doing Good in a Bad WorldA bad man cannot make a good world. “Something must be done!” If there were a possible slogan for the modern world, this would be it. It’s power lies in its truth. Some things are tragic and unjust, broken and dysfunctional. Any analysis that suggested that nothing should be done will fall on deaf ears […]
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