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“When one measures history by a single possible human lifetime (100 years) one realises that the whole of it has been almost incredibly short. This means that historical change has been almost incredibly fast. Each of those great empires that so imposingly rose,.flourished, and fell did so during the overlapping lives of a handful ofContinue reading “Space, Time and Relationship: Measuring the Distance Between Creation and God”

Film Journal 2023: LinoleumDirected by Colin West Destined to be swallowed up by higher profile fare before the year is done, this small, indie, arthouse drama exists as a reminder of what makes the movies so special. It’s quirky presence is bolstered by a unique story, serving the unassuming nature of the Directors vision. FreeContinue reading “Film Journal 2023: Linoleum”

Reading this article , which maps a shift in Hawkings theorizing about the universe, or more aptly how we theorize about the universe, affords us some interesting insights into not just the limits of science, but where the science drives us; towards mystery And not simply mystery in the sense of “science will figure itContinue reading “Stop Playing God: Stephen Hawkings and The Origjns of the Universe”

Film Journal 2023: ChevalierDirected by Stephen Williams Lost in the shadows of some high profile releases, and even a respective higher budgeted A24 indie art project by Ari Aster, this overlooked mid budget period piece deserves your attention. And given the way it’s built for the cinematic experience, a crowd. Normally period dramas like thisContinue reading “Film Journal 2023: Chevalier”

“Don’t try to defeat your opposition, focus in winning the audience.” Been thinking about this a lot. McKnight doesn’t apply this solely to high profile adversaries. Rather he applies it to any thought, teaching, conviction ect that you see to be crucially important, regardless of what that might be. In truth, we all have opposition.Continue reading “Don’t Defeat Your Oppostion, Win The Audience: Thoughts on The Discourse of Our Lives”

This article talks about a Christ Hermeneutic, and addresses these verses: And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. (Luke 24:27) If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe his writings, howContinue reading “A Jesus Hermeneutic: A Torah Shaped Story”

Film Journal 2023: Beau Is AfraidDirected by Ari Aster There will be lots of people, I’m sure who will hate this film. And I get it. It’s the sort of film you have to vibe with or it’s going to end up feeling like a bit of a bludgeon. To get on the wave lengthContinue reading “Film Journal 2023: Beau Is Afraid”

“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” (Mere Christianity, Bk. III, chap. 10, “Hope”) This argument from desire has long become a trope in the world of skeptics, who have dismissed the argument as fodder.Continue reading “Why I Believe: Revisiting Desire as An Argument For The Existence Of God”

In his book Forgiveness: An Alternative Account , Mathew Potts suggests that at the crossroads of forgiveness and promise lies a necessary appeal to newness, or new beginnings. What binds these two ideas together is the very thing that has been jettisoned by tendencies to read forgiveness as the promise, which is action, or one’sContinue reading “Forgiveness and Resurrection: At The Crossroads of New Beginnings”

“For Nietzsche pain is a mnemonic.” And as Potts outlines in his book Forgiveness: An Alternative Account, this recourse to pain “all begins in the human capacity to make promises.” For Nietzsche, “To inspire trust in his promise to repay and guarantee the sanctity of his promise, the indebted promiser pledges to his creditors “hisContinue reading “Matthew Ichihashi Potts And An Alternative Account of Forgivness: A Reflection On Forgiveness as An Act of Mourning”