Hello, and welcome back to City of God, my deep dive into the theological and philosophical work of Saint Augustine. Last post, I covered topics 16 and 17, which covered some pretty serious topics, sexual assault and suicide. Today continues to build on those points, and thus, must be handled with a great deal ofContinue reading “Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 9”
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Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 8
Hey guys! To all of my frequent readers, welcome back! To those of you who may just be joining me in my read, welcome! I highly recommend hopping over to part 1 and starting at the beginning. This is my personal study of City of God, by Saint Augustine, going point by point through theContinue reading “Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 8”
Rest.
Work. Discipline. Grind. Motivate. Move. You’ve heard all of this before. You don’t need another person telling you to go harder, do more, jump higher. You’re tired, worn out, from pursuing a vision of life that doesn’t make sense. You need to rest. Now, to be very clear, you don’t need to be distracted. YouContinue reading “Rest.”
Philemon, Onesimus, and Myself.
In the Bible, there are many great books, lessons, and quotations to draw from. Many are long, full of heraldry, chronicle, symbolism, and metaphor. But there is one single chapter, one simple epistle of Paul, that has recently caught my attention. It is a letter, sending a man named Onesimus back to a man namedContinue reading “Philemon, Onesimus, and Myself.”
Ecclesiastes Part 4: Wickedness and Work
“Guard your foot, when you step into the house of God, and draw near, so that you may listen. For obedience is much better than the sacrifices of the foolish, who do not know the evil that they are doing.” – Ecclesiastes 4:17 Welcome back to another post on the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes,Continue reading “Ecclesiastes Part 4: Wickedness and Work”
Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 7
For part 6, give a Click! Hey guys, and welcome back to my personal study of City of God! I let you guys down real hard last week, missing my self scheduled post time. It turns out, I bit off more than I could chew, and didn’t have enough steam built up to make itContinue reading “Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 7”
Ecclesiastes Part 2: The Emptiness of Possession
“I said in my heart: “I will go forth and overflow with delights, and I will enjoy good things.” And I saw that this, too, is emptiness.”- Ecclesiastes 2:1 The Continued Hopelessness of Solomon Picking up from chapter 1, Solomon continues by going and making merry, enjoying the many good things he has gotten,Continue reading “Ecclesiastes Part 2: The Emptiness of Possession”
To Grow In Kindness
How would you improve your community? I am, quite often, an angry, venomous, spiteful person. And I confess this, not out of pride, but awareness. I am, as most in America, untrusting, unkind, confrontational, and very un-Christlike. When asked about what I can do to improve my community, I must think first on the greaterContinue reading “To Grow In Kindness”
The Body, a Temple
“Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?” - 1 Corinthians 6:19 When I approach the topic of physical fitness, I approach it from a Christian viewpoint first, and a preparednessContinue reading “The Body, a Temple”
Ecclesiastes, Part 1: Vanity, and Wisdom
I highly recommend reading this AFTER reading the biblical book of Ecclesiastes, which touches on a great number of my feelings recently. The first chapter sets a mental foundation for our character, Solomon (maybe), who is experiencing what seems to be a crisis. All is vanity. Everything. It’s all… waste. The world doesn’t stop moving,Continue reading “Ecclesiastes, Part 1: Vanity, and Wisdom”
