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Bulgakov on Incarnation and Church

2008-09-10T13:52:48Z

The Incarnation is not only and idea or doctrine; it is above all an event which happened once in time but which possesses all the power of eternity. This perpetual Incarnation, a perfect, indissoluble union -- yet without confusion -- of the two...

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Sermon Notes: May 25, 2008

2008-05-26T01:36:29Z

Today at the sojourn service, the sermon spoke to me somehow better and clearer than ever. I generally have had trouble following or drawing much from the teaching there, but this morning was different. Here are some notes I made, and thoughts I h...

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New Love for First Love

2008-04-21T15:47:04Z

I have a new love in my life: Peter Kreeft. I've been listening recently to some free audio on his website. Several are fascinating, but it all began with this one. It's not that his arguments for God's existence are new. Rather, they are takes o...

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Suffren pt. 2: on God and Freedom

2008-03-03T23:10:45Z

Taken from The Doors of the Sea by David Bentley Hart III. We are inclined (especially today) to think of freedom wholly in terms of arbitrary or pathetic volition, a potency made actual every time one chooses a particular course of action out fr...

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Suffren

2008-02-28T02:00:58Z

My friend recently came to me with a number of difficult questions about God, justice, love, and mercy. A friend of his had undergone and continues to undergo humiliating degradation at the hands of Man's passions and so-called justice. In situati...

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Questions from Keith: God is.

2007-10-20T10:40:22Z

Hi Keith Well I'm going to break into the discussion here. Your last email was helpful. I think if possible we should try and establish some sort of discussion rather than me just laying it all out on the table for you digest in one sitting. I'l...

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