Reflections and Rant for the End of Days
Posted in Chazak on Sep 6th, 2007
All of us - without exception - hold fundamental presuppositions that mark our ultimate concerns. We believe in order to understand, and not the other way around. Reason itself is a matter of faith that is ultimately validated by an aesthetic sense of “fitness” or coherence. In other words, if you push the idea of [...]
Posted in Chazak on Aug 27th, 2007
“I was with you in weakness and in fear, and in much trembling…that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God…I determined to know nothing among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified” (I Corinthians 2:3, 5, 2).
The greatest teachers are, as Kierkegaard pointed out long ago, [...]
Posted in Chazak on Aug 15th, 2007
Just before Yeshua (Jesus) died, he said something of breathtaking importance. An eyewitness to his crucifixion wrote, “When he had received the drink, Jesus said, ‘It is finished.’ With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit” (John 19:30; Matt. 27:50). In Koine Greek, this final statement is a single word consisting of [...]