Archive for June, 2007

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Man’s Last End

The ultimate goal of human life is to attain to the enjoyment of God. God is the greatest and most amazing being, and there is nothing better than knowing Him with one’s entire mind. Our deepest desires, as well as the lesser ones, are to be fulfilled with a vision of God.
Originally, when [...]

17Jun2007 | Nathan | 0 comments | Continued
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Christ the Educator

When thinking about our own education—whether formal or informal—it is helpful to know both the aim and the means to that education. Now I would argue that in an important sense Christ is the means and the end of education, and indeed of life on earth. Christ is the great teacher, and the [...]

16Jun2007 | Nathan | 0 comments | Continued
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Classical Christian Education

Many people are coming to realize the insufficiency of our public forms of education. Something must be done. Some say that what is needed is “Classical Christian Education” and I think that they are right. It is the Christian, and more generally Western, tradition that holds the key to our success. [...]

10Jun2007 | Nathan | 0 comments | Continued
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The Saints

During the middle ages there were people who attained to an extreme degree of holiness. These people traditionally have been called saints. The beauty of a saint is that he or she displays what is best in human nature, and gives us a glimpse of what our future with God is like. [...]

10Jun2007 | Nathan | 4 comments | Continued
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The Light of the Mind

In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, Socrates asserts that there is something called the “Form of the Good” which has a special relationship to human understanding. This form is essentially a powerful, abstract property which is able to exist on its own without being in something. Socrates compares this to the sun. [...]

9Jun2007 | Nathan | 0 comments | Continued
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Natural Values

When we are thinking about our lives and what we hope them to be like, we have to think long-term if we are going to live them well. It is almost inevitable that both bad and good things will happen to us, and so if we hope for things always to be easy and [...]

6Jun2007 | Nathan | 0 comments | Continued
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Beauty

There are several proofs for the existence of God, but one that I find particularly helpful is the argument from beauty.
The earth and the universe are incredibly beautiful places. Of course most living things are beautiful to some degree. Bacteria and viruses exhibit an intricate structure, and even the smallest insects can be [...]

5Jun2007 | Nathan | 0 comments | Continued