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No Other Way
“If this broad and inclusive approach were true, then Christ died for nothing. With a sorrow deeper than any man has ever experienced, Christ asked His Father to have the cup pass from Him if there were any other way (Matt. 26:39). If the Father could have said something like, ‘Well, the Rig Veda has some promising developments,’ then why did Jesus have to die? Jesus had to die because there was no other way to save us.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 34
Not Our Story
“And if we inquire too closely into what would have need to have happened to her [Susan] in order to bring all this about, we can be assured that this would be a sure way to get Aslan to growl at us.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 30
Evolution and Sexual Selfishness
Dear Dawson, Thanks for your quick reply. I gather this entire subject has your interest. So I want to start by picking up on one of the central ramifications of something I mentioned to you in ...
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Solid Platonism
“For Plato, the realm of the Forms would not have been material, tangible, or dense with molecules. Rather, Plato was thinking of an upscale Euclidville.”
The Light Behind the Sun, p. 26
Invest Elsewhere
“What is someone to do, if they find their identity in beauty, in a world where beauty fades?”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 21
Maybe Letters Will Flatten the Curve
Letter to the Editor: "This is no longer November, but I believe he was wishing that the spirit of November might still be lingering a bit. Maybe it is, just a bit. Still there, but ...
The Mandatorians
Introduction: I have a faithful reader who has urged me to say something about some of the doings over at Relevant magazine. This is no longer November, but I believe he was wishing that the spirit ...
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And Barbed
Understandably So
“Most of them [chapters] were written for the blog Blog and Mablog. Special thanks should go to the owner of that blog, a fellow who has always treated me like a true gentleman.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 2