Tag: Chesterton
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He Descended into Hell…or did he? And why would he? And why does it matter?
He descended into hell. Troubling. Confusing. Mysterious. True? For two millennia the answer from the church seems to have been “yes.” Today, we are not so sure. Did Jesus not say to the thief Today you will be with me in paradise? Did he not cry out with his dying breath It is finished? How, […]
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The Challenge of Joy
Have you ever considered how incredibly easy it is to be serious? Just yesterday the world lost an icon, a man who certainly changed my life, as I write on a Macbook and check my iPhone for messages. It is a sobering thing to realize that even Steve Jobs was a mortal. There are plenty […]
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Trust Your Instincts? Good Luck. They Stink.
A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed.[1] Have you ever met the guy who refuses to either win or lose a debate? The conversation goes something like this, in my experience: The sky is a shade of fuchsia (which also happens to be […]
Public Theologians 