As a follow up from my previous post, there is a reality that what you believe is vital to how you live your life. What you do really does depend upon your doctrine. To push this all the way to the corners of your life, it is best to start with some definitions. Doctrine is …
Category Archives: Theology
A Defense of Practical Theology
A notion that I have learned from my youth is “Doing depends on Doctrine.” This is something that will never easily leave me. It has been a pillar in my mind as to why one should focus on the minute details of theology. What we believe does work itself out through our actions. Doctrine is …
Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
Today is the day that the United States, and other countries around, collectively spend the day giving thanks for what they have. Traditionally, this time of thanksgiving was the norm around harvest times in cultures that were religious. There is something magically about the growing and gathering of crops that less civilized men knew and …
A Modern View of Reality
Since man has started to write down thoughts for how the world works, there has been a division among thought systems on the source of truth. Each side has been clarified over the years and there have been additions and tangents off of each main branch, yet the division has been the same. There has …
A Modern View of Morality
In ancient times, there was seldom a question about what was right and wrong. Through the application of natural law and reason, one could come to a close approximate to how each society would work within the civilized world. Those who did not fit the social normative standards were labeled as barbarians and not fit …
An Investigation into The Meaning of Life
Kant was at a unique place in the history of thought. He understood the ancients and the validity that came from their thoughts. He could see the holes in their thinking in that one had to agree with their mythologies in order to fully accept their philosophies. He understood the Scholastics and may even have …
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An Investigation into Inequality
Why does man have to answer to those who are in power around them? Who writes the rules for who gets to have power and who has to serve? Where does the convention of power and might come from? Is it possible to change the system in order to make it fit those who are …
Locke’s Guide to Government Startups
Each person starts out life in a very similar way: in a whirl of blurring unknown that speeds up as things are understood. While it is similar for each person, it is also vastly different as starting points through time and space all give a person their own unique perspective on life, one that shapes …
The Misunderstood Steppingstone
Reading one opinion on an idea can give one a single-faceted understanding of the subject. One person can give a good introduction or grounding for the greater context of something. To know something deeply though, it must be seen in its entirety. It needs to be observed as it changes through time and cultures. People …
A Linchpin in Thought
While measuring the amount of impact a person has upon history is impossible to quantify, it is not a baseless assertion to say that Saint Augustine has impacted medieval philosophy and religion more than any other person. There are arguments to be made for a few other individuals, but through this paper, an argument will …