9.17.2026

On Nature and Grace: Part 6, Metanoia

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In the last post we described Jordan Hillebert's reading of Henri de Lubac in his book Henri de Lubac and the Drama of Human Existence ....
9.16.2026

On Nature and Grace: Part 5, A Longing Born of Lack

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As I mentioned at the end of the last post, in attempting to push back upon the extrinsicism he saw at work in "two-tiered" Thomis...
9.15.2026

On Nature and Grace: Part 4, The Natural Desire for the Supernatural

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To recap, in his book Henri de Lubac and the Drama of Human Existence   Jordan Hillebert describes two problematic views concerning the rela...
9.14.2026

On Nature and Grace: Part 3, The Problems of Intrinsicism

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In his book Henri de Lubac and the Drama of Human Existence , Jordan Hillebert describes Henri de Lubac's vision of the relation between...
9.11.2026

Al Shall Be Wele: Chapter 19, "in whych God assignyth no blame"

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"in whych God assignyth no blame" As I said last Friday, we're staying in Chapter 19 of Julian's Revelations this week be...
9.10.2026

On Nature and Grace: Part 2, The Problems of Extrinsicism

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Having introduced Henri de Lubac and his account of the natural desire for the supernatural, let's turn to Jordan Hillebert's analys...
9.09.2026

On Nature and Grace: Part 1, Introducing Henri de Lubac

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I've written about Henri de Lubac and his thinking on nature and grace, the relation of the natural to the supernatural, before. But I...
9.08.2026

On Visions

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Having described yesterday the significant role of dreams in Scripture, my mind naturally turned to the ubiquity of visions in the Biblical ...
9.07.2026

On Dreams

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I was reading through Job and reached Chapter 33, a part of Elihu's response to Job. Here it is:  For God does speak—now one way, now an...
9.04.2026

Al Shall Be Wele: Chapter 19, "I lerid to chose Jesus to my Hevyn"

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"I lerid to chose Jesus to my Hevyn" There are two different things I want to reflect upon in Chapter 19 of Julian's Revelatio...
9.03.2026

On Possibility and Necessity: Part 3, Suffocating on Necessity

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To recap. In The Sickness Unto Death , Søren Kierkegaard describes the human self as a relation to the relation that constitutes human being...
9.02.2026

On Possibility and Necessity: Part 2, Lost in Possibility

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Having set out Søren Kierkegaard's description of the self in the last post, I want to turn to some of his reflections on the topic that...
9.01.2026

On Possibility and Necessity: Part 1, A Relation that Relates Itself to Itself

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I've been reading The Sickness Unto Death by Søren Kierkegaard and was struck by his reflections regarding possibility and necessity in...
8.31.2026

Only the Cross and Folly

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This religion so great in miracles, in men holy, pure and irreproachable, in scholars, great witnesses and martyrs, established kings - Davi...