Phōtizō: Getting Out of The Cave
One of my favorite Bible stories is the Samaritan Woman at the Well in John 4. While she is unnamed, later traditions called her Photini — The Luminous One — because she…
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The Joy of Knowing Christ (Philippians 3:8-16)
“The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from.” — Dallas Willard, Renovation of the…
Speaking Two Levels at Once: How Scripture Uses Mystery as a Tutor
Scholars like Francis Schaeffer and Dallas Willard, both heavyweights, document how Western Christianity bifurcated truth into two realms. In other words, it treated the world as if there were two…
Christianity Beyond Rome: A Silk Road Field Trip
“And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,…
The Geometry of Orthodoxy: Participatory vs. Autocentric and Our Narcissism of Small Differences
“Where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God; and where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church and all grace.” — St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Against…
Overview of The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku
General Thesis and Approach Brian Muraresku’s, “The Immortality Key”, presents a compelling and controversial thesis about the origins of Christianity and its potential connections to ancient psychedelic practices. This review…
