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The idea that other people are desperately interested in whatever you happen to think is surely the very height of vanity... maybe megalomania... or perhaps paranoia. Ah well... See below for some random musings. |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF PARADOX | |
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| A study of the doctrinal debates in the Early Church leads to an appreciation of the place of paradox in matters of faith. The temptation when faced with two seemingly opposing statements is to go for an "either/ ... | |
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| THE FOUNDATION OF THE BIBLE | |
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| From the perspective of the 21st century, some people find it comforting and perhaps even easy to see an ancient text such as the Bible as a firm, unshakeable foundation upon which to construct one’s life/ faith. However, if we ... | |
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| HUMAN NATURE - OPTIMISM & PESSIMISM | |
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| In my reading of the authors of the Early Church to date, I’ve been very taken with the Eastern (Greek) writers and their approach, which seems to be different but complementary on a number of topics to the line taken ... | |
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| INCARNATION, RESURRECTION & UNIVERSALISM | |
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I attended an interesting conference at King’s College, London on 21st May on the topic of Christian "Universalism" or "Universal Salvation" - the concept that eventually everyone gets to heaven rather than just a select few. I was slightly uncomfortable with ... |
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