Captian's Log Ramblings Regarding Genesis 1 26 Apr 2020 I was reading the opening of Genesis this morning, and I realized something I had never noticed before, the refrain of separation, of distinction. God creates the light, and He…
Captian's Log Re: The Next Generation and the Church 19 Apr 2020 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief,…
Captian's Log Rambling Thoughts Regarding Translations of the Bible 13 Apr 202013 Apr 2020 I barely slept last night, and I don't think I can put two sentences together. Here are some extracts from an essay I worked on. Biased Translations: The first of…
Captian's Log 2020: Easter! 12 Apr 202012 Apr 2020 Happy Easter, everyone. Below are some of my thoughts regarding the concept of freewill, maturity, and the book, Brave New World: I do not want autonomy from God, but autonomy…
Top Ten Books Agonson’s Top Ten: Mere Christianity 11 Apr 2020 It has entered my mind to formulate a list of books which have been meaningful to me, both in the pleasure they offer and also in the effect they had.…
Captian's Log Rambling Thoughts Regarding Truth 3 Apr 2020 To conclude from the observation of our colored spectacles, our disparate perspectives, that we are somehow incapable of comprehending objective truth, is first a self-contradictory claim—to say that knowledge of…
Captian's Log The Eucharist 24 Mar 202024 Mar 2020 Is Christ Present Uniquely? I don’t know how to answer this question. Jesus clearly says during the last supper that this is His body, but it seems fair to interpret…
Captian's Log Thoughts on the Classical Arguments for God 22 Mar 2020 Ontological I have a love hate relationship with this argument. As it is most commonly quoted, it appears like something Lewis Carroll would write, some meaningless, circular nonsense straight from…
Captian's Log Reflections on the Atonement 20 Mar 202020 Mar 2020 Moral Influence I contrarily like and dislike this theory. On the one hand, it brings out a deep truth about God’s love for us, a recognition and knowledge of that…
Captian's Log God as a Relation 9 Mar 2020 An essay question I worked on today: I am not sure how to connect the idea of sin and the Trinity. My initial thought is that there is no real…
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