Nintendo DS Lewis
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There was an eagerness to explain away the Devil as a fallen angel, as if that will solve our problems with them/him/it
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
There was an eagerness to explain away the Devil as a fallen angel, as if that will solve our problems with them/him/it
I've been teaching a class on liturgical seasons and when the topic of the Devil came up I was inspired by Ziegler to say it's not helpful for Christian life to speculate where the Devil came from; the Christian's task rather is to know what the Devil does, and resist!
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I've been teaching a class on liturgical seasons and when the topic of the Devil came up I was inspired by Ziegler to say it's not helpful for Christian life to speculate where the Devil came from; the Christian's task rather is to know what the Devil does, and resist!
Oh, that sounds like Barth's left hand of God stuff
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Oh, that sounds like Barth's left hand of God stuff
Oh, that sounds like Barth's left hand of God stuff
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Oh, that sounds like Barth's left hand of God stuff
I found this claim astonishing (in a good way). IIRC he just thinks Job's Satan is a red herring and writes it off. But at some point, a more developed study needs to include it...
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I found this claim astonishing (in a good way). IIRC he just thinks Job's Satan is a red herring and writes it off. But at some point, a more developed study needs to include it...
Reposted by Nintendo DS Lewis
“…the devil constitutes an intimate enemy, one at home in the very sources of faith. Piety is as such not protection from the devil so much as it is the devil’s playground.”
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November 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
“…the devil constitutes an intimate enemy, one at home in the very sources of faith. Piety is as such not protection from the devil so much as it is the devil’s playground.”
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Just a musing, but last time I checked Coakley is sensitive to modern criticisms of Christian anthropology around gender and sex, but addresses them in a "dogmatic" fashion by integrating the concerns with patristic resources that explore the human being as a creature of desire
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Just a musing, but last time I checked Coakley is sensitive to modern criticisms of Christian anthropology around gender and sex, but addresses them in a "dogmatic" fashion by integrating the concerns with patristic resources that explore the human being as a creature of desire
Theologically this could jive well with Coakley's projects
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Theologically this could jive well with Coakley's projects
A parable comes to mind
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A parable comes to mind
no one's gonna make me want to "get the best deal" today
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
no one's gonna make me want to "get the best deal" today
would have never read that verse that way til you pointed it out
November 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
would have never read that verse that way til you pointed it out
I'm glad there's biblical evidence for my reticence to go full-blast supralapsarian/"Incarnation regardless of fall"
November 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I'm glad there's biblical evidence for my reticence to go full-blast supralapsarian/"Incarnation regardless of fall"
I attended the lectures that birthed this book last year. It was very cool.
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I attended the lectures that birthed this book last year. It was very cool.
I’ll message you my handouts!
November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I’ll message you my handouts!
It feels nice to be finishing Matt 25 today in time for Advent.
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It feels nice to be finishing Matt 25 today in time for Advent.
My Sermon on the Mount notebook has turned into a “all five of Jesus’ teaching passages in Matthew” notebook. Six translations of the Sermon, then one version of Matt 10, 13, 18, and 24–25 in sequence.
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My Sermon on the Mount notebook has turned into a “all five of Jesus’ teaching passages in Matthew” notebook. Six translations of the Sermon, then one version of Matt 10, 13, 18, and 24–25 in sequence.
Praying for a plague of FROG
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Praying for a plague of FROG