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Examining the intersection of the Christian moral life and the church’s life in the world. Specializing in cold takes and nuance.
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How To Argue Well: Ten Theses for Your Soul (opens the original)
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Speaking should cost us. When we speak about disagreeable things, no one thinks they’re wrong. And so, we engage in argument not only wanting to win, but to win bloodlessly. But true speech should cost us something, because comporting ourselves to the truth will mean that we lose reputation and safety, but also our cowardice and self-interest. Weighing in on important things can be a way of us not only knowing true things, but becoming more of who we are meant to be. Ten Theses on Speaking About
All Your Favorite Vices: The Presumptuous and the Timid (opens the original)
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A continuing series on vices, rooted in Gregory the Great’s Pastoral RuleHow Bad Could It Be To Be Corrected? As Gregory continues to work his way through vices and virtues, he follows up impudence with “forwardness”, or what we can just call “presumption” and its opposite error “faint-heartedness”. Whereas impudence has to do with a person throwing pearls before swine—of
Zoom Link: Tonight’s Howard Thurman Book Club (opens the original)
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Everyone, Apologies for another email today. Ignore or delete as needed!For those participating in the Zoom book club tonight, I’ve added the link here. We’ll kick off at 6:30 p.m.Hope to see you there!Myles Read more
In What Ways Does God’s Authority Move? (John 5) (opens the original)
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A continuing series on the moral life and the Gospel of JohnTroubling the Waters All the WayJohn 5 opens up with a peculiar story. of the man at the pool of Bethsada, and what exactly is going on here is part of the disputed manuscripts. Most manuscripts of John just readNow there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnad
Can You Be a Loveless Critic? (opens the original)
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On moral criticismQuick Announcements!Next week, my edited collection of the work of Howard Thurman drops. I’ve already gotten pictures that it’s out in the world, but the official publication date is next Tuesday, September 22nd. To launch the volume properly, I’ll be talking alongside Vincent Lloyd, a brilliant and prolific theologian, and Paul Harvey, a brilliant and prolific historian, and biographer of Howard Thurman. <a class="image-link image2 is-
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