Augustine, Evolution, and Two Books

August 25, 2010 By 11 Comments

Although I tend to disagree with St. Augustine on several issues, he paid us a great debt through his concept of the “Two Books.”  He held that we ought to approach the quest for knowledge by holding together the two sacred forms of revelation that God has given to humanity: the Book of Scripture and [...]

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Biggness, Smallness, and the Image of God – Reflections on God as Creator, part 2

August 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Lets read the climatic part of this creation poem* (Genesis 1) that as we said earlier is picked up by Psalm 8: 26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over [...]

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Watch This… I Laughed So Hard I Cried!!!!! (Antoine Dodson, Web Sensation)

August 24, 2010 By 5 Comments

I want to introduce you to internet sensation Antoine Dodson.  His videos will make your heart smile!  Now, the reason behind this original news story is sad, but what came out of it is quite possibly the most hilarious thing you will see all month.  Take five minutes or so and watch the three following [...]

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Biggness, Smallness, and the Image of God – Reflections on God as Creator, part 1

August 23, 2010 By 11 Comments

When we consider how incredibly vast the universe really is, we become confronted by two realities simultaneously: our smallness, and God’s bigness.  In comparison to the size of everything that God has caused into existence (my life, my story…your life, your story) is very, very small.  On the flip-side, if we consider that the size [...]

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