P.S.

I’m not promoting the belief that “Man is the measure of all things” through the above Blog Banner. Rather, the Gospel message is going into the world, through the Church (hence “Heralds and Peregrines”) to counter-act this belief.
By the way, I took this picture of a street corner in Dublin. Quite interesting. Anyone out there [...]

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“eternity is where You stand”

Lets take a “wee” break from Augustine, catholicity, sacraments and so on. One of my favorite christian bands, the little-known Foolish Things is dis-banding after may 11th. So here’s a small example of their music. Mostly great lyrics, and an original sound (certainly better than most christian bands out there).

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Augustine’s Ecclesiology

Tiny glimpses of Augustine’s ecclesiology, its relationship to authority, discipline and the sacraments. Some ideas to think on. Is the Reformation really a triumph of Augustine’s soteriology over his ecclesiology. I’m not so sure. Anglican articles XIX, XXIII, XXVI, XXXIV and XXI make me doubt it, though I could be wrong. From Chadwick, Augustine. 78-79. [...]

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Textual criticism and canon

Prof. Michael Bird has a new post on the issue of text criticism in relation to the story of the adulterous woman in John 8. Its a difficult issue, and one tha should make us be careful of extreme biblicism, and think about the how to determine whether a text is inspired or canonical.
Can a [...]

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Augustine and “mere christianity”

Augustine’s conversion drew him to embrace by faith 3 essential truths. Notice the continual references to the Love of God. I’ve also emphasized (with italics) other terms or phrases of interest. Notice at the end, the way Augustine draws together Faith in Christ and adherence to the Church, as well as the manner in which [...]

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Augustine and the “postmodern” epistemological question

Every generation runs the risk of thinking that the questions and issues that it is dealing with are unique and original, having never been dealt with befored during the course of history. But indeed, as Solomon wisely noted, “There is nothing new under the sun”.
Case in point, Augustine, long before he converted to catholic* christianity, [...]

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Still Deeper

Great new site on theology and discipleship: STILL DEEPER
Thanks to James Palmer for sharing the link.

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Motivations for prayer

David Field and reasons for prayer, here. Maybe we could all take up the task of personally adding to his list, and actually get down to praying?

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Reductionist Theology

I’ve been thinking and musing about John Barach’s post lately. Particularly this quote (from Peter Leithart):
Bavinck said that modern (and ancient Greek) thinkers attempted to find the “essence” of a thing, that which makes a thing uniquely what it is, by subtraction. To discover the “essence” of a pencil, we subtract its color, its [...]

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The official’s son

John 4.46-54
Jesus heals the official’s son. “Little king” or “nobleman” might be a better term. Notice, therefore, the sharp contrast between this character and the Samaritan woman in the previous story. Like Nicodemos, another contrast, all these characters, equally need Jesus. Not one of them is beyond the Christ’s scope. Not one of them is [...]

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