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Tertullian

Book Review: When Athens Met Jerusalem, by John Mark Reynolds

May 6, 2016 by Bob Trube Leave a Comment

When Athens Met Jerusalem: An Introduction to Classical and Christian Thought.  John Mark Reynolds. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2009. Summary: The Christian message advanced in a Greco-Roman World prepared in many ways by both the failure of the Homeric gods and the classic philosophers. This book explores the intellectual antecedents to the gospel in pre-Socratic, Socratic, Platonic and Aristotelian thought, culminating when Jerusalem meets Athens when Paul preaches on Mars Hill. … [Read more...] about Book Review: When Athens Met Jerusalem, by John Mark Reynolds

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion Tagged With: Aristotle, Book Review, christ and culture, christianity, classical thought, culture, intervarsity press, John Mark Reynolds, Plato, Socrates, Tertullian

Insights from works by people from other worldviews?

November 23, 2012 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

How To Read Slowly

James W. Sire addresses another excellent question from  Micheal Hickerson, ESN Blog Contributor: Should Christians worry if they find themselves enjoying or gaining insight from artistic, literary or academic works by people from other worldviews? I know that this has been a question within the Christian world from the ancients to the present. Didn't Tertullian (c. 160-230) ask, “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” But, though I was brought up in a modestly fundamentalist community, the question has always … [Read more...] about Insights from works by people from other worldviews?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Question and Answer Tagged With: A Theology of Reading, alan jacobs, Albert Camus, Augustine, C. S. Lewis, How to Read Slowly, James Sire, James Sire on ESN, John Calvin, knowledge, relativism, Tertullian, Virginia Woolf, worldview

Permit us … Convince us …

April 7, 2011 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Prayer "Permit us not, O Lord, to hear your word in vain. Convince us of its truth, cause us to feel its power and bind us to yourself with cords of faith and hope and love that never shall be broken. We bind to ourselves today, you our God: your power to hold us, your hand to guide us, your eye to watch us, your ear to hear us, your wisdom to teach us, your word to give us speech, your presence to defend us, this day and every day; in the name of the blessed Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, to whom be the … [Read more...] about Permit us … Convince us …

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Public Intellectuals, Quotes, Science Corner Tagged With: Ancient Christian Devotional Set, Confession, God, Prayer, St. Patrick, St. Patrick's Breastplate, Tertullian

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