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The Jesus Creed 3 – The Abba of the Jesus Creed

By Scott | Published: August 13, 2010
Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord you God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these. This is a series of reflections [...]
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Four Hundred Texts on Love (Second Century) 16

By Scott | Published: July 15, 2010
46.  The sensible man, taking into account the remedial effect of the divine prescriptions, gladly bears the sufferings which they bring upon him, since he is aware that they have no cause other than his own sin. But when the fool, ignorant of the supreme wisdom of God’s providence, sins and is corrected, he regards [...]
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Four Hundred Texts on Love (Second Century) 14

By Scott | Published: July 8, 2010
39.  The person who has come to know the weakness of human nature has gained experience of divine power. Such a man, having achieved some things and eager to achieve others through this divine power, never belittles anyone. For he knows that just as God has helped him and freed him from many passions and [...]
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Heaven & Earth (& Hell) 10 – Theosis or Deification

By Scott | Published: July 7, 2010
If our basic problem is that we don’t want God and are not able to live within him and in union with him, what’s the solution? This question points to the deeper meaning and accomplishment of the work of the mystery of the Incarnation. It’s why Christians traditionally believed and taught that Christ would have [...]
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Heaven & Earth (& Hell) 9 – God All In All

By Scott | Published: July 5, 2010
If the Christian vision of ultimate reality does not revolve around a concentration camp in the midst of paradise, what does it then involve? As I discussed earlier in the series, God is seen as everywhere present, filling and sustaining all things. Although that is both the present and future reality, that glory is now [...]
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Heaven & Earth (& Hell) 6 – Resurrection

By Scott | Published: June 28, 2010
Now that I’ve discussed death and the abode of the death, it seems appropriate to interject the Christian belief in resurrection, certainly one of the most central tenets of our faith. (If you missed my post on Rob Bell’s Resurrection video, now’s a good time to pause and check it out.) Resurrection means and has [...]
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Heaven & Earth (& Hell) 3 – Unraveling the Caricature

By Scott | Published: June 21, 2010
There are many threads one can use to begin unraveling the somewhat common modern caricature of the Christian perspective on reality I described in the last post. I want to start with the affirmation of the very basic Christian belief that God is not somewhere else. The Christian God is everywhere present and filling all [...]
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A Fractured Mind

By Scott | Published: April 28, 2010
I have a difficult time knowing where to begin with my thoughts and reactions to A Fractured Mind by Robert B. Oxnam. That task is further complicated by a need to carefully edit what I should and should not say in a public forum. But I found this a powerful book and I want to [...]
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Four Hundred Texts on Love 7

By Scott | Published: April 19, 2010
29. When you are insulted by someone or humiliated, guard against angry thoughts, lest they arouse a feeling of irritation, and so cut you off from love and place you in the realm of hatred. I have discovered that a dangerous moment for me arises when my ideas or thoughts are attacked or put down. [...]
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