Tag: Bible
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Maximus the Confessor on the Transfiguration
For those who aren’t familiar, the transfiguration (Matthew 17.1-13, Mark 9.2-13, and Luke 9.28-36) is an event recorded in the gospels where Christ, Peter, James, and John go up onto a mountain and Christ is “transfigured.” The event is clearly meant to indicate the divine approval of Christ’s mission on earth. But there seems to be…
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Is King David a Moral Monster?
David was a good guy most of the time. But so was Ted Bundy. After all, both mostly treated people in a decent manner, and most days, they weren’t out murdering or assassinating. Okay, it might be a bit unfair to make that comparison, but the point is that people cannot be judged on the…
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Ecclesiastes
(Written Feb. 2020) Writing is the simplest thing in the world. All you do is sit down and bleed. Ernest Hemingway said that, and truer words haven’t been spoken. This piece is my attempt at that. In the face of so much death already occurring in 2020, I have no doubt that all of us…
The Reluctant Philosopher 