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Thomas Oden on Greg Boyd & Open Theism
If “reformists” insist on keeping the boundaries of heresy open, however, then they must be resisted with charity. The fantasy that God is ignorant of the future is a heresy that must be r… more →
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Philosophy Word of the Day – Divine Immutability
wrote 2 weeks ago: Divine immutability, the claim that God is immutable, is a central part of traditional Christianity, … more →
Is Unconditional Love Irrational and Evil?
wrote 3 weeks ago: It has been argued—most notably by the twentieth century atheist Ayn Rand—that the only love that is … more →
Mother Nature and Father Time
wrote 2 months ago: Check out this video on what kind of “God” cannot logically exist… I remember when … more →
The Reason for the Universe (and all therein)
wrote 3 months ago: So Edwards in the eighteenth century joins Barth in the twentieth in the belief that it is not God w … more →
New Books: Reader in Contemporary Philosophical Theology
wrote 3 months ago: The great advantage and attraction of philosophy is that no question is scandalous to it. Nothing li … more →
Lex Orandi Lex Credendi
wrote 4 months ago: I recently read The Peaceable Kingdom by Stanley Hauerwas, the first book of his I have ever read, a … more →
The Difference Between Hitler, Mother Teresa, You, and Me
wrote 4 months ago: The difference between Hitler and you and me, and between Mother Teresa and you and me, lies not in … more →
(Polemical and Brief) Thoughts on the Bible
wrote 4 months ago: I know next to nothing about the ANE, or even about any of the Targums. I do know one thing though: … more →
To the Reader: On the Greatness of Jonathan Edwards and His Works
wrote 4 months ago: I have now discharged the main part of the first duty of an editor, namely, to tell the reader what … more →
Reno on the Task of Theological Interpretation
wrote 5 months ago: HT: Sawilowsky R.R. Reno discussing the inherit theological nature of interpretation. It is also my … more →
Aphorism #10
wrote 5 months ago: For St. Thomas, God is the only subsistens ens, the self-existing or self-subsistent being (YHWH; se … more →
Aphorism #9
wrote 5 months ago: The problem with modernity is that it has inverted the relation of God with the world. Instead of b … more →
Augustine on Temporality
wrote 5 months ago: “If we can think of some bit of time which cannot be divided into even the smallest of instant … more →
"Waiting for Godot" and the Critique of Modernity; Update on Posts
wrote 6 months ago: -I apologize for the paucity of posts. I have been working a lot lately (at one point 16 out of 18 … more →
Aphorism #7
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wrote 6 months ago: Is freedom something that we have inherently? Something that we can choose with an unfettered free c … more →
Aphorism #6
wrote 6 months ago: The Modern, Liberal Nation-State demands you feed from its trough. Yet it is not the true meal, and … more →
Brief thoughts on Inerrancy/Inspiration of the Bible
wrote 6 months ago: I posted this at another place, but I wanted to post it on my own blog: “It seems to me that s … more →
Augustine on Phenomenology in Contra Academicos
wrote 6 months ago: Augustine’s Contra Academicos, which I am currently reading is an interesting discussion and c … more →
Aphorism #3
wrote 7 months ago: Truth must be grasped sola fide. It requires a fiduciary commitment that cannot be proved by a neut … more →
