Category Archives: Quotations

Jordan Peterson on the makings of Tyrants and Tyranny

Posted on June 29, 2017 by PaulVK

Hitler wasn’t born a tyrant. He was co-created with his context, enabled and reinforced. It’s also doubtful that when tyranny really gets going it’s just the people at the top who are wrong. No, it permeates all the way down … Continue reading →

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CS Lewis Nature, Technology and Spirit

Posted on May 28, 2017 by PaulVK

In the Walking on the Water we see the relations of spirit and Nature so altered that Nature can be made to do whatever spirit pleases. This new obedience of Nature is, of course, not to be separated even in … Continue reading →

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Thoughts from CS Lewis’ Miracles for Ascension Day

Posted on May 25, 2017 by PaulVK

In the Walking on the Water we see the relations of spirit and Nature so altered that Nature can be made to do whatever spirit pleases. This new obedience of Nature is, of course, not to be separated even in … Continue reading →

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Dallas Willard Here to determine the truth

Posted on March 31, 2017 by PaulVK

Christians aren’t here to win an argument. Also the real issue isn’t what happens in this life but whether this life is really all there is. 33:15 “If you can find a better way than Jesus Christ offers he would … Continue reading →

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Christianity Scales

Posted on February 15, 2017 by PaulVK

The only two systems in which the mysteries and the philosophies come together are Hinduism & Xtianity: there you get both Metaphysics and Cult (continuous with the primeval cults). That is why my first step was to be sure that … Continue reading →

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CS Lewis and the strange justice of suffering and equality

Posted on December 16, 2016 by PaulVK

The Christian doctrine of suffering explains, I believe, a very curious fact about the world we live in. The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the very nature of the world: but joy, … Continue reading →

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The Problem of Pain. Our own is not enough for us.

Posted on December 9, 2016 by PaulVK

If the first and lowest operation of pain shatters the illusion that all is well, the second shatters the illusion that what we have, whether good or bad in itself, is our own and enough for us. Everyone has noticed … Continue reading →

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Liberation from Newbigin “Foolishness to the Greeks”

Posted on April 21, 2016 by PaulVK

The relationship of the Christian understanding of freedom to that which has provided the central thrust of the Enlightenment must necessarily be a critical one. Seen from a biblical perspective, a human being is not and can never be autonomous. … Continue reading →

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The Heretical Imperative

Posted on April 11, 2016 by PaulVK

In The Heretical Imperative he has argued that the distinctive feature of this culture is that there is no generally acknowledged “plausibility structure,” 1 acceptance of which is normally taken for granted without argument, and dissent from which is regarded … Continue reading →

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Lesslie Newbigin on the New Age Movement

Posted on April 6, 2016 by PaulVK

The New Age movement, for all the validity of its protest and the value of some of its recommendations, is in truth a very old blind alley. There is a very long history to remind us of what happens when … Continue reading →

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