Constitution Day
Today, September 17, is "Constitution Day." For Americans, one of the most important things one can do in terms of developing a person's view of civil government, is simply to read the Constitution. It is an illuminating (and perhaps depressing) experience. . .
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Insights from Serge Lancel on Augustine
I have mentioned in a prior post the tome by Serge Lancel, St Augustine (SCM Press, 2002--English translation). As someone who desires to be a theologian, I have long been attracted to Augustine, and my dissertation and some of my writing has been in this area. I determined a while back that I needed to work through Lancel's 590 page volume. . .
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Augustine on approaching Scripture
Serge Lancel's St Augustine is a 590 page tome on Augustine. It is a treasure. Lancel (p. 31) helpfully summarizes what Augustine says in Confessions about approaching Scripture. In his Confessions, Augustine is "reliving that first failure in his mind's eye [i.e., the failure to appreciate and be drawn to Holy Scripture because of its apparently rough and unsophisticated nature]," and Augustine compates "entering" Scripture to "entering a cavern: you must lower your head to go in, which the proud are unable to do; but then the eye becomes accustomed and the vault soars above you." Lancel's St Augustine is published by SCM Press (2002).
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Mark Elliott's "The Reality of Biblical Theology"
I am currently reading and reviewing Mark Elliott's The Reality of Biblical Theology (Peter Lang, 2007). . .
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