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Blogs about: Philosophy And Theology

Calvin's Spectacles1 comment

breadandsham wrote 16 hours ago: It seems that according to the doctrine of election, it is God who gives me spectacles in order that … more →

Tags: Apologetics, Bible, Calvin, Christianity, Epistemology, John Frame, knowledge, Monergism, Philosophy

The Universality of Revealed Truth

breadandsham wrote 17 hours ago: I am fascinated with Dr. John Frame’s comments in Unregenerate Knowledge of God: “In som … more →

Tags: Culture, postmodern, Bible, Reformed, Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Philosophy, knowledge, Truth

Why Apologetics? (part 2 of 2)

breadandsham wrote 5 days ago: In so many ways, we only enter into the discipline of apologetics to teach and to be heard. It is be … more →

Tags: postmodern, Truth, Faith, Monergism, Atheism, Apologetics, New Atheism, Worldview, Dr. John Frame

Why Apologetics? (part 1 of 2)

breadandsham wrote 5 days ago: Why think apologetically? I heard someone say that you never need to defend yourself. Your friends d … more →

Tags: postmodern, Apologetics, Atheism, Dr. Frame, Faith, Monergism, New Atheism, Postmodernism, Theology

Adiaphora

mmwm wrote 1 week ago: Adiaphora is a Greek word that refers to things to which we’re indifferent, issues or choices … more →

Tags: Mimetic Theory, social goods and ills, adiaphora, Buddhism, care-less, church, Detachment, disdain, experimental theology

Almost Contextless Links from Summer 2009

mmwm wrote 2 weeks ago: So many links saved up in bookmarks, so little time to synthesis them. So without further ado, these … more →

Tags: Mimetic Theory, pop culture icons, public affairs, law and politics, Quotes and Excerpts, recent reading, social goods and ills, The Mind, ADD, Addiction

Sameness

breadandsham wrote 1 month ago: Our party generation is preoccupied with who is and who is not boring. The reality is that we are al … more →

Tags: Culture, Art, postmodern, city, Theology, Society, Emerging, Entertainment, Sociology

It's All Relative1 comment

eastofmina wrote 1 month ago: G.K. Chesterton on his pre-conversion experience with Christianity: (please excuse the ellipses … more →

Tags: Literary

Man vs. God: Wall Street’s Take

eastofmina wrote 2 months ago: In today’s Wall Street Journal “Weekend Journal” two articles were placed side by side, with the tit … more →

Tags: RIchard Dawkins, karen armstrong, Man vs. God, - darwinian evolution

Considering the Philosophy And Theology of Thomas Aquinas

djeter wrote 2 months ago: Joos Gent Portrait of St. Thomas circa 1475 Philosophy And Theology Aquinas thought and wrote as a C … more →

Tags: St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, St Thomas Aquinas, Socrates to Sartre, Samuel Enoch Stump, Medieval Philosophy, scholastic system, reason and faith, First Mover

The Dividing Line1 comment

mmwm wrote 2 months ago: From Experimental Theology today, a quote from a survivor of the Sobibor concentration camp: “ … more →

Tags: Mimetic Theory, Quotes and Excerpts, social goods and ills, History, Holocaust, Good and Evil, Solzhenitsyn, sobibor, human potential

My Favourite Bible Story ... (via Twitter)

mmwm wrote 2 months ago: Once again, Twitter does all the work. This time, it’s #myfavoritebiblestory, complete with ir … more →

Tags: silly but it's fun, Lists, Quotes and Excerpts, public affairs, law and politics, Bible, humour, Satire, twitter, bible story

What's Going On? (Lost in the Cosmos)1 comment

breadandsham wrote 3 months ago: This is the question of the decade: “What the heck is going on?” We ask this question of … more →

Tags: Culture, Art, Science, postmodern

Scandalous! A Mini-Compendium

mmwm wrote 3 months ago: Girardians speak of the dangers of taking offense — that is, of feeling offended, feeling a ce … more →

Tags: Mimetic Theory, consumption & advertising, The Mind, pop culture icons, Quotes and Excerpts, social goods and ills, public affairs, law and politics, Mimesis, Sacred

"Apollo, the god of light, of reason, of proportion, harmony, number - Apollo blinds those who press too close in worship. Don't look straight at the sun. Go into a dark bar for a bit and have a beer with Dionysios, every now and then."1 comment

eastofmina wrote 3 months ago: So, I don’t normally like introductions, but this one is fantastic enough to read even if you … more →

Tags: Literary, Poetry, Science Fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin, left hand of darkness, Literary criticism

Assorted Links

mmwm wrote 3 months ago: Alain de Botton on TED on success and failure: snobs, envy, the dangers of meritocracy (think … more →

Tags: Mimetic Theory, The Mind, pop culture icons, books and reading, social goods and ills, public affairs, law and politics, language, recent reading, Violence

Business as a Christian Calling1 comment

eastofmina wrote 4 months ago: In 1994, Tony Campolo gave a speech at Biola’s Missions Conference which strongly attacked bus … more →

Tags: Business

Survey of The Sacred (Girardian)

mmwm wrote 4 months ago: There are a lot of ideas about what the profoundly meaning-filled word ’sacred’ signifie … more →

Tags: Mimetic Theory, pop culture icons, Quotes and Excerpts, language, Sacrifice, Religion, Sacred, Alison, Transcendence

Is health care a right?1 comment

eastofmina wrote 4 months ago: The other day at the gym, while everyone else was watching CNN’s tribute to Michael Jackson, I … more →

Tags: Business, Politics


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