Tag: philosophy
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Postmodern Pilate
37Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” 38Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”–John…
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Jesus Defines Truth
17Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.–John 17 There are two foundational categories of philosophy. Metaphysics deals with reality and how matters came to be. Epistemology deals with knowledge and what things can be understood or known. You might summarize them personally as What defines my existence? and What can I know? I have…
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The Logos
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, and…
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The End of the Matter
13The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. 14For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.–Ecclesiastes 12, with emphasis Those of you who have been following the last two weeks, we have slogged through…
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Under the Sun
12I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 14I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and…
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The Sluggard’s Standard
16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.–Proverbs 26 When you are the standard for your wisdom, you are not wise. It’s a version of “I’ve got this” that derails people from following disciplined paths. Even the secular person in recovery submits to some form of a ‘higher…
Joel M Bradshaw 