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2020-09-28T23:27:45-04:00

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Wandering Desire and the Twelfth Night

Last updated on: September 28, 2020 at 11:27 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

Some never enjoy the good things of God and His creation. Others wallow in the good things they desire. Both refuse to see what is real and chase the wind. The first refuses to see the holiday and second the limits of the holiday and the joys of work. Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire; this also is vanity and a chasing after wind. Desire wanders, darts to new places, so even if one... Read more

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2020-09-26T21:48:23-04:00

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Disqualified? the ACLU doesn’t care? No Religious Test!

Last updated on: September 26, 2020 at 9:48 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

For a Black American that went to a certain church, some very bright students, they heard that the establishment thought they were crazy and should be locked out of power. Or so a confident, establishment editor was willing to tell students in a Presidential election year. The lecture was brilliant, until it was not, as a group of honors high school students heard a senior editor of the Rochester, New York Gannett paper tell them that any Pentecostal or charismatic... Read more

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2020-09-25T14:33:10-04:00

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Leading a Discussion with a Small Group (Almost a Listicle but with a Pickwick Picture to Keep it From Being a Cool Exploitative Listicle)

Last updated on: September 25, 2020 at 2:33 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

The group discussion in your class has gotten smaller, pandemic or whatever other reason. If the ideal group from my experience is around twelve, how does one lead a smaller group? How does one make the less-more? Remind oneself of why one is engaging in a dialectic discussion. The dialectic student is the person who has sometime, someplace, somewhere caught a glimpse of beauty. This beauty left him discontent with the world, the flesh, or devils. He wants more, even... Read more

2020-09-25T08:06:59-04:00

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Death Has No Final Victory

Last updated on: September 25, 2020 at 8:06 am By John Mark N. Reynolds

When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” I think of absent family and disagree. There is a great sting, a certain victory for death. This Christmas Aunt Karen will not make me a laugh, Father Michael will not enact the mystery of Bethlehem, and Phil... Read more

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2020-09-25T07:56:57-04:00

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Sophist, Statesman, Philosopher? (The Sophist)

Last updated on: September 25, 2020 at 7:56 am By John Mark N. Reynolds

When the City is in Trouble What to do when education has been corrupted and seeks profit over truth? How should a society respond when those who should love wisdom instead love trickery? What if those who should care about divine things instead love personal peace and affluence? Plato’s dialogue The Sophist is not an easy read, but is necessary when times are bad. Plato was in a society rapidly declining from a Golden Age. Within one generation from his death, city-state Athens would... Read more

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2020-09-24T22:15:30-04:00

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God’s Wisdom is Greater Even than That

Last updated on: September 24, 2020 at 10:15 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.* When confronted with absolute goodness, truth, and beauty, Paul had no time for anything less. This first-rate intellect, product of an epochally excellent Jewish education with at least some Hellenistic reading, had no time for anything less than true wisdom. Paul understood that both Jewish and Greek thinkers of his time too often were content with less. They did not aspire for the divine, but... Read more

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2020-09-23T07:48:33-04:00

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Loyalty and Faith

Last updated on: September 23, 2020 at 7:48 am By John Mark N. Reynolds

Proverbs 16:6 Guilt is wiped out by loyalty and faith, and the fear of the LORD makes mortals turn from evil. My dad surprised me once when I heard him asked what is rare in ministry. He paused and said: “Loyalty.” Loyalty, especially to the truth, is rare. Much more common is the person who works hard to convince themselves that what they wish to be true is true, avoiding anyone who might be able to “defeat” their convenient... Read more

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2020-09-20T13:48:58-04:00

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Marriage Songs

Last updated on: September 20, 2020 at 1:48 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

A few years ago, I put together a play list of songs that reminded me of “us-” and I am listening just now. If you are married, at least for more than the few weeks or years, then you know what you hear when you listen to such a list. You hear time and the ages of love. The music of youth is good, causing me to recollect forgotten goods (“I LOVE LA!”) or just when our now mature love... Read more

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2020-09-20T13:52:15-04:00

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In a word. . .accept one another . . .

Last updated on: September 20, 2020 at 1:52 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

In a word, accept one another as Christ accepted us, to the Glory of God.* So says the sage Paul and so I should do, but this is hard to do. How can I love my enemy when they are opposed to all I deem good? How can I even love my neighbor when he keeps doing petty evils that are more annoying due to their total lack of necessity. My neighbor gains nothing with his selfishness. I see who... Read more

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2020-09-18T22:55:32-04:00

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Stop. Think about it. Don’t write it.

Last updated on: September 18, 2020 at 10:55 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

There is breaking news. What do you think? What do I think? Let’s all say something, quickly, without a moment of reflection. Since heated language gets more attention, let’s make those opinions as hot and hateful as possible. The virtue of prudence suggests waiting, saying nothing, until we have something good to say. If we have nothing original, good, true, or beautiful, then we can proceed to say nothing. A colleague wrote a wonderful children’s song.* It contains some good advice... Read more

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