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  • Christian Metaphysics – Part 4: Postmodernism

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    This summary on Christian metaphysics and Postmodernism is from the Introduction to Four Views on Christian Metaphysics. Postmodernism is a more recent approach to metaphysics than either the dualistic realism of Platonism and Aristotelianism or the monism of idealism. Postmodernism can be broadly characterized as a marked shift in how metaphysics was understood up through…

  • Christian Metaphysics – Part 3: Idealism

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    This summary on Christian metaphysics and Idealism is from the Introduction to Four Views on Christian Metaphysics. Idealism is very distinct from both Platonism and Aristotelianism in that it is (like materialism) distinctively not dualistic. Idealism is a form of monism. There is only one kind of substance, not two. While there are a variety…

  • Christian Metaphysics – Part 2: Aristotelianism

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    This summary on Christian metaphysics and Aristotelianism is from the Introduction to Four Views on Christian Metaphysics. Aristotelianism shares with Platonic metaphysics aspects of its dualism and its realism. However, it maintains some distinctions from Platonism regarding the relation between the two parts of reality, physical and non-physical reality. For example, Aristotelians agree with Platonists…

  • Christian Metaphysics – Part 1: Platonism

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    This summary on Christian metaphysics and Platonism is from the Introduction to Four Views on Christian Metaphysics. Platonism as an approach to metaphysics is a form of dualistic realism. First, it maintains dualism. There are two parts to reality, physical and non-physical reality. Further, for Christian forms of Platonism, there is a dependency of the…

  • Christian Metaphysics – Terms & Definitions

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    In the book Four Views on Christian Metaphysics, edited by Timothy M. Mosteller, four individual contributors share their views. 1) Paul M. Gould shares his view on Christian metaphysics and Platonism. 2) Timothy L. Jacobs shares his view on Christian metaphysics and Aristotelianism. 3) James S. Spiegel shares his view on Christian metaphysics and Idealism.…

  • Pastors and Teachers – Part 3: Ambrose, Augustine, and the Church Fathers

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    Ambrose (AD 340-397) became the Bishop of Milan in 374. He wrote On the Duties of the Clergy around 391 to encourage the clergy of his diocese so that they would conduct their lives in a manner appropriate to their calling. With his vast background in the Greek and Roman Classics, Ambrose modeled his work…

  • Pastors and Teachers – Part 2: Tozer, Lewis, and Books

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    A. W. Tozer (AD 1897-1963) was somewhat of an obscure pastor on the South side of Chicago until the publication of his book The Pursuit of God in 1948. This book placed him in a clear position of spiritual leadership throughout the evangelical church. Tozer maintained this position for the remainder of his life even…

  • Pastors and Teachers – Part 1: Live Up to Your Calling

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    In St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, he encourages each of them to live up to the calling they received. They were also called to the one hope which goes with their call. One body of Christ. One Spirit. One Lord. One faith. One baptism. One God and Father of all.  “I therefore, a prisoner…

  • Economics – Part 2: Ideas, Consequences and Worldly Philosophers

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    If ideas have consequences, then what are the consequences of ideas? And in the midst of this first question, a second question emerges: What ideas from great economic thinkers have shaped and swayed the world? My own thoughts on these questions are informed by three books. The first book is Ideas Have Consequences by Richard…