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2023-02-14T03:43:39-05:00

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Universal Salvation: Hope Vs. Presumption

Last updated on: February 14, 2023 at 3:43 am By Henry Karlson

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Recently, there have been many theological discussions and debates centering around the subject of universalism, the teaching that somehow, in the end (eschaton), everyone (and everything) in creation will end up “saved” (and not just in an objective manner). That is, there are many debating (and condemning) those who declare that it is necessary to conclude there will be no one who suffers eternal, or perpetual, perdition (however perdition is interpreted). One of the problems involved with such debates is... Read more

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Hans Urs von Balthasar

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2023-02-12T03:46:02-05:00

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Hope In The Eschatological Judgment

Last updated on: February 12, 2023 at 3:46 am By Henry Karlson

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We must care for each other. We can’t ignore those suffering from abuse, those facing injustice, if we love them. This is because we can’t stand on by seeing a loved-one suffer if there is something we can do about it. Even if we can’t, we will try to comfort them the best we can. Love is the key. We are called to love our neighbor as ourselves. If and when we ignore someone in need, we more than we... Read more

General Christian

2023-02-09T03:09:28-05:00

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Education, Racism, And Black History Month

Last updated on: February 9, 2023 at 3:09 am By Henry Karlson

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The grace we have been given is not to be used to ignore the consequences of whatever injustices we have committed but rather to help as change for the better. Not only are we called to act justly ourselves, we are called to promote justice in society, that is, social justice. We are not to neglect the common good. We are given grace not just for our own good, but for the good of everyone. Similarly, though we are shown... Read more

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Education and Religion

2023-02-08T03:45:55-05:00

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St Moses The Black And Grace

Last updated on: February 8, 2023 at 3:45 am By Henry Karlson

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God is always offering us grace, offering us the opportunity to grow and be become better than we are today. The key is not to become complacent, especially in regards our religious faith. If we think we do not have any room to grow, any room for improvement, not only will be become stuck where we are at, we will find we will be, as it were, left behind. Instead of having a living, dynamic faith, our faith will become... Read more

General Christian

History and Religion

Sayings of the Desert Fathers

2023-02-07T03:51:42-05:00

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Discerning God’s Image And Likeness In Creation

Last updated on: February 7, 2023 at 3:51 am By Henry Karlson

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Because Scripture says humanity is made in the image and likeness of God (cf. Gen. 1:27), many upon reading that statement misinterpret it as indicating that only humanity can be said to be made in the image and likeness of God. This is a bad reading of the text, because it doesn’t say only humanity is made in this manner. If I said something similar, such as a particular artist made a painting in their own image, this would not... Read more

Progressive Christian

2023-02-05T03:52:02-05:00

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The Prodigal Son And Freedom

Last updated on: February 5, 2023 at 3:52 am By Henry Karlson

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“All things are lawful for me,’ but not all things are helpful. ‘All things are lawful for me,’ but I will not be enslaved by anything” (1 Cor. 6:12 RSV). Paul’s words here are very important. They explain to us that Christian morality should have a practical, not just theoretical, side to it. Morality should not be some legalistic enterprise telling us to do things or not to do things, restricting our freedom without any substantial justification. It should be... Read more

General Christian

2023-02-03T03:48:51-05:00

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Book Review: Commissar Conservatives

Last updated on: February 3, 2023 at 3:48 am By Henry Karlson

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F.L. Cocozzelli. Commissar Conservatives. How Laissez-faire Libertarianism Is Disturbingly Similar To Communism (New York: Progressive Works Publishing, 2022), xliii + 259 pgs.[1] After the fall of the Soviet Union, many in the West believed that the collapse of the Soviet regime was proof that capitalism was superior in all ways to communism. They explained that this meant not only that capitalism was good, but because it was good, the more it can be left unfettered, the more good capitalism can... Read more

Progressive Christian

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Business, Finance and Religion

2023-02-01T03:50:30-05:00

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Monasticism Is Not A Pelagian Institution

Last updated on: February 1, 2023 at 3:50 am By Henry Karlson

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It’s easy to assume monasticism is all about works. Certainly, many monastic texts will emphasize the need to engage ascetic discipline, giving all kinds of warnings to those who do not faithfully live out their religious vocation, and in doing so, serve as evidence that this is what monasticism is about. But if this really what monasticism was about, it would not have thrived for centuries. Monasticism, likewise, would have been rejected by Christianity because its principles would run contrary... Read more

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Sayings of the Desert Fathers

2023-01-31T06:37:48-05:00

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We Must Reform The Institutional Church When It Loses Its Way

Last updated on: January 31, 2023 at 6:37 am By Henry Karlson

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Jesus told us we are to be the salt of the earth, but warns would could happens if we fail to live up to our obligations: “”You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men” (Matt. 5:13 RSV). Salt helps preserve and protect food, keeping it from spoiling, that is, salt... Read more

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Sergius Bulgakov

2023-01-29T03:06:19-05:00

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Neither Prideful Nor Despairing: The Way Of The Publican

Last updated on: January 29, 2023 at 3:06 am By Henry Karlson

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There are two common errors which religious people often fall into. The first is the way many of them become triumphalistic with their faith; they end up think their faith, and their way of engaging their faith, is better than anyone and everyone else’s leading them to look down upon, if not be abusive towards, those who believe or act differently to them. The second error comes from an inversion of this; instead of being prideful and triumpalistic, such believers... Read more

General Christian

Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee

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