Category: Early Church
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Review – Mystery of God by Steven D. Boyer and Christopher A. Hall
[amazon asin=080102773X&template=wishlist] I received the electronic version of this book free in exchange for an honest review. There will be some who will not like this book. They will give it low ratings and pontificate about watering down the gospel or how the authors are wrong on one point or another. They might even say…
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Have we gotten heaven all wrong? – N. T. Wright
N. T. Wright is my favorite biblical scholar. He has helped me work through many issues regarding biblical faith. Here’s an article where Wright addresses the concept of Heaven and how we have gotten it wrong. I highly suggest to not just read this article, but also work through the belief systems that have created…
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N. T. Wright on Resources for the Gospel writers
It seems to me that the evangelists may well have faced, as a major task, the problem not so much of how to cobble together enough tradition to make a worthwhile book, but of how to work out what to include from the welter of available material. The old idea that the evangelists must have…
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Sometimes I Feel the Same Way
Found this in an introduction to Philo. He lived from about 20 BCE – 40 CE. It amazes me how someone from two centuries ago can pretty much sum up life in the present age. In at least one important passage Philo reveals something of his perspective on his life and work (On the Special…
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On Humility
If there is good in you, see more good in others, so that you may remain humble. It does no harm to esteem yourself less than anyone else, but it is very harmful to think yourself better than even one. The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy…