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Ongoing revelation - should the canon be open?
A few posts over the past month have had me thinking on the issue of canon. Yes, I know I’ve written on canon before. But this time I wasn’t wondering about canon formation. I’ve bee… more →
Castle of Nutshells
Ongoing revelation - should the canon be open?
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Damian wrote 2 months ago: A few posts over the past month have had me thinking on the issue of canon. Yes, I know I’ve w … more →
More on feminine language in describing God
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Damian wrote 3 months ago: Just to update on the conversation that’s going on concerning feminine language (that I’ … more →
Why the hate for Graham Phillip's Moses Legacy?
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Damian wrote 3 months ago: Claude Mariottini posts about Graham Phillips’ The Moses Legacy, which theorises that Moses wa … more →
Examples of feminine language in Christian tradition
Damian wrote 3 months ago: Doug Chaplin responded to my post on Gender-bending consciousness-raisers, and Suzanne McCarthy post … more →
An attempt to clarify the theological implications of Satan's development
Damian wrote 5 months ago: The other week, I posted on Robert Oester’s article ‘the Curious Career of Satan’. … more →
The persecution of the early church
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Damian wrote 7 months ago: Last month, Phil at Hyperekperissou wrote about why Christians (and not other religions) were persec … more →
John Piper on Priesthood
Damian wrote 7 months ago: The other day, I commented on how rarely I agree with John Piper. Here’s an example, from his … more →
Marriage: God's intent and my culture
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Damian wrote 10 months ago: Yesterday I wrote about my beliefs concerning marriage. I left off saying I’d qualify what I … more →
My beliefs on marriage
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Damian wrote 10 months ago: A friend of mine asked me a while ago about what my beliefs said about moving in with my girlfriend. … more →
Protestant authority
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Damian wrote 11 months ago: James McGrath over at Exploring our Matrix explores some of the often ignored repurcussions of the P … more →
A humanist iconography?
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Damian wrote 11 months ago: I listened to an advent audio essay on BBC radio 4 show ‘A Point of View‘ by atheist Cli … more →
Christian influences in Islamic tradition
Damian wrote 1 year ago: I rarely link to posts that I think are worth reading, as I prefer to reflect on them and report my … more →
Creeds for recognition: What role should creeds play in the church?
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Damian wrote 1 year ago: “I think the whole point of creeds is to decide who gets burned at the stake.” – D … more →
Christ in the Mundane
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Damian wrote 1 year ago: Recently I’ve been reading from the Gospel of John Philip found Nathanael and said to him, … more →
How do pre-enlightenment and post-enlightement worldviews differ, and how does this effect our Christianity?
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Damian wrote 1 year ago: There’s a fantastic post on the differences between pre- and post- enlightenment experiences o … more →
Marriage as Sacrament: Pre-Trent, Catholic and Protestant marriage
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Damian wrote 1 year ago: I’ve posted before on traditional Jewish wedding ceremonies (here). I found it interesting at … more →
A note on pharisaism
Damian wrote 1 year ago: In Judaism religion is not considered a distinctive sector of experience but an ingredient of all ex … more →
The place of Apocrypha in the Canon
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Damian wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been reading an essay on the development of the old testament (here, here and here). I … more →
Gnosticism in the Church (Surprised by Hope #4)
Damian wrote 1 year ago: At this point I wish to diverge from summarising content. Here, the book begins to talk about altern … more →
