Biblical Authority and the Primacy of Gift
What I believe has been missing in the discussion on the authority of scripture is the notion of gift. Because scripture is living and breathing, because scripture is...
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Last week Barney succinctly presented his case that biblical authority is grounded in the early Church’s experience of God; these experiences were recorded in the Bible...
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I Can Has Comewnuty?
Humor is a funny thing (no pun intended). It seems to be a universal part of human lives—even the notoriously dry St. Augustine cracks a joke from time to time—yet...
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Deserts, Interstices, and New Life
“Dryness promotes the formation of flower buds . . . [f]lowering is, after all, not an aesthetic contribution, but a survival mechanism.” – Ann...
Read MoreCan Promises Be Trusted?
In the recent past or near future over half the contributors to this blog will have made some of the most important promises of their lives in the form of wedding vows....
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Putrefaction and the Beatific Vision
To remember the dead is, in a certain sort of way, to keep them alive. When we speak of those who have passed through this life, the great men and women of history, we...
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