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  • Book Review: Religion in Human Evolution (Bellah)

    Robert Bellah’s Religion in Human Evolution stands as magnum opus of breathtaking proportions. Developed from the Merlin Donald’s work on cultural evolution, Karl Jasper’s insights on the axial age, and drawing upon a range of historical, anthropological, and biological sources, Bellah traces the evolution of religion within human culture from its origins in primordial play…

  • Recommended Readings: December 20-26

    If you only engage a single article this week, make it Christmas is Undefeatable by Mark Tooley. If you have more time this Christmas season to do some reading, check out these other suggestions from the past several days. As always, if you think there is something else I should be reading, let me know…

  • Predestination and Freewill: On the Bondage of the Will, Part I

    This post is part of our ongoing series on Romans, Predestination, and Freewill. We now turn to Martin Luther’s response to Erasmus in his De Servo Arbitrio (Or On the Bondage of the Will).[1] In addition to responding, Luther also outlined his own fully developed soteriological theology concerning the roles of human will and God…

  • Predestination and Freewill: On the Freedom of the Will, Part II

    This post is part of our ongoing series examining Romans, Predestination, and Freewill. In addressing the relationship between divine foreknowledge and human will, Erasmus concludes that while Paul does not adequately address the question,[1] “the will of God, since it is the principle cause of all that takes place, seems to impose necessarily on our…

  • Merry Christmas!

    Merry Christmas! I hope that you have a blessed celebration of the birth of the Savior!

  • Predestination and Freewill: On the Freedom of the Will, Part I

    This post is part of our ongoing series on Romans, Predestination, and Freewill. Erasmus wrote Freedom of the Will, at least in part, as a response to Luther’s response to the Papal Bull of Leo X in his Assertio.[1] In Freedom of the Will, Erasmus took issue with Luther writing that “I was wrong in…

  • Predestination and Freewill: Context and Early Erasmus

    This post is part of our ongoing series on Romans, Predestination, and Freewill. Before moving to fully Luther and Erasmus, we must note a similarity between the early and late-medieval interpreters of scripture. Augustine, Pelagius, Luther, and Erasmus each writes in manner that takes a ‘proof-text’ approach to concepts and ideas that can be found…

  • Book Review: Every Man’s Battle (Aterburn and Stoeker)

    Recently I had the opportunity to read Every Man’s Battle by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker. Having previously read Every Young Man’s Battle while in High School, I looked forward to reading this book, recalling their paradigm influencing suggestions concerning purity that I had previously engaged. In reading this book, I was not disappointed.

  • Recommended Reading: December 13-19

    If you read one thing this week, read Round Table: Incarnation at Conciliar Post. If you have more time to read this Christmas season, check out my other suggestions below!

  • Predestination and Freewill: Augustine and Pelagius

    This post is part of our ongoing series examining Romans, Predestination, and Freewill. The use of Romans in the construction of soteriological concerns has a long and varied history. Perhaps the most important discourse concerning the will involved St. Augustine of Hippo and the English monk Pelagius, both of whom relied upon Pauline thought in…