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Apprenticeship
“If you remain in my word, you are truly my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Jesus of Nazareth
Someone can have serious interest in Jesus and his teachings without being an evangelical, liberal, catholic, or fundamentalist. Indeed, as one becomes acquainted with Christ, such contemporary distinctions [...]
Mathematics
“God ever geometrizes.” –Plato, 4th Century B.C.
Mathematics has a special relationship to God. Mathematics is, in itself, universal, invisible, infinite, immutable, omnipresent, and eternal. These are attributes that are most often heard with reference to God Himself, but they apply just as well to mathematics. Think for example of the number 2. [...]
Justification
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”
The Apostle Paul
Let us dwell on justification, as Paul saw it and [...]
Paul to the Romans
The words of Paul in the letter to the Romans are among the most beautiful and profound that he penned. Beginning with the depravity of humankind without God he moves to the fullest picture of an individual or community included in God’s life through Christ. Many of the verses in this letter are [...]
30Oct2009 | Nathan | 0 comments | Continued
Love and the Soul
“There is a fountain filled with blood, drawn from Immanuel’s veins. And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.” –William Cowper
If one maintains, as I do, that Christianity holds the highest place in the quest for human happiness, more is required than simply a demonstration of the ultimate truths upon which [...]
Christianity
Having dealt with the question of goodness— which was thought to be related to happiness— it makes sense to treat of the greatest assistance to goodness and thus happiness. This is Christianity. Our current world—both religious and secular—has by and large forsaken the teachings of Christ, and so we will need to treat [...]
22Jun2009 | Nathan | 2 comments | Continued
The Return
Just as Paul resolved the issues necessary for Christian civilization, John resolved the issues about the ultimate future of the earth. His Apocalypse is a statement of how God will finally eliminate evil from the human system.
Of course in some of Paul’s letters he deals with the end of the age—but most of what [...]
The Hebrew Insights
“The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul.”
The Hebrews answered these questions of goodness and human happiness better than anyone else. Moses, the Psalmists, the Prophets, Jesus, and the apostles (especially Paul) brought wisdom to bear on this topic that has never been surpassed; and it has been equaled by very few [...]
The Romans
The field of Roman ethics is too vast to even summarize in a post. However, some of the major themes will be developed here to prepare for later posts.
The Roman Republic is one of the most beautiful periods in human history. Its sheer length (over 500 years) coupled with the many great men [...]
The Greeks
“No evil can befall a good man, either here or hereafter.” Socrates
“The first and greatest victory is over self.” Plato
“Dear is Plato, dearer still is truth.” Aristotle
“Live according to nature and you will never be poor.” Epicurus
(from the walls of the USC Philosophy library)
The answers to the question “How can human life [...]
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