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Category Archives: Philosophy
In Prayer We . . .
I found out about the Siddur Eit Ratzon (Season of Favor) from the Reform Shuckle blog just before High Holidays in 2010. I love this prayerbook. If it was affordable, I’d buy a hundred and make it the prayerbook of … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, Messianic Prayer, Philosophy
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Is Faith Imagined?
Many people suspect so. And I don’t just mean the critics. Many people who believe wonder, “Am I just imagining this?” I used to hear as an objection to faith, “It’s wish-fulfillment. You wish there were such a thing as … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Joshua Heschel, Atheism, Faith, J-BOM, Philosophy
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Sci-Fi, God, the Universe, and Us
Science fiction was my religion once. Asimov was my prophet and Clark too, and my teacher was Sagan. That was before I came to Jesus and Judaism. Some of the radical amazement I used to feel for the vastness of … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Joshua Heschel, Atheism, Faith, Philosophy
Tagged Asimov, Fantasy, Immanuel Kant, Sagan, Science Fiction
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God in Search of Man, #4
Justin Bond sort of got the jump on me over at Messiah Connection. I had discussed possibly resurrecting J-BOM (the Jewish Book of the Month). And 3.5 people responded enthusiastically! I’d said let’s make Heschel’s God in Search of Man … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Joshua Heschel, Atheism, Bible, Judaism, Philosophy
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Miracles (C.S. Lewis), #3
I’m slowly eking out a parallel series on C.S. Lewis and Abraham Joshua Heschel. You can find the earlier installments by using Categories on the right sidebar and looking under their names. Here are two contemporaries who epitomize good Christian … Continue reading
Posted in C.S. Lewis, Christian, Philosophy
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God in Search of Man, #3
This is all part of a parallel series on Heschel’s God in Search of Man and Lewis’s Miracles. If Messianic Judaism is a sort of Christian-Jewish hybrid, why not study two the greatest modern thinkers, one from each? And the … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Joshua Heschel, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Judaism, Philosophy
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Miracles (C.S. Lewis), #2
These posts on Lewis’s book about miracles are part of a parallel series I am doing on Lewis and Heschel. See “God in Search of Man, #1” and “Miracles (C.S. Lewis), #1” for more explanation on my rationale. The argument … Continue reading
Posted in C.S. Lewis, Christian, Philosophy
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God in Search of Man, #2
Since Messianic Judaism is a hybrid of Judaism and Christianity, I had the bright idea of doing a blog series on a great, modern thinker from Judaism and another from Christianity. Obviously (many will agree) the choice for Judaism is … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Joshua Heschel, Bible, Judaism, Philosophy
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A Naturalist Proposes Marriage
My darling, I love you. I cannot help myself and I have no free will in this matter. What I mean by that is some evolutionary instinct in me recognizes clues to your abundant fertility and motivates me to offer … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Philosophy
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Miracles (C.S. Lewis), #1
See yesterdays “God in Search of Man, #1” for an explanation of this series exploring a Jewish and a Christian thinker who have much in common. I am much more familiar with Lewis than Heschel, having a fair collection of … Continue reading
Posted in C.S. Lewis, Christian, Faith, Love, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism, Philosophy
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