20 August 2010
Biblical Studies
In Plato’s dialogue Cratylus, Socrates gives us one of Heraclitus’s most important ideas: You cannot step twice into the same stream. For Heraclitus, this idea epitomized his doctrine of flux — everything is constantly changing. Though it may seem as if you are stepping into the same stream a second time, so much has changed since you have stepped into it — you are feeling different water molecules, there are microscopic shifts in sediment, the temperature has changed by a thousandth of a degree, etc.
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16 July 2009
Biblical Studies
When considering Genesis 22, I am most intrigued by the psychology of Abraham. God (Elohim) comes to him and commands that he sacrifice Isaac. Now, Isaac, of course, was the fulfillment of God’s promise. Through Isaac and his offspring Abraham was supposed to be come a great nation. After so many years of waiting and hoping, he and Sarah finally have this promised child. Now, God is asking that Abraham trust him in a rather insane way. How can Abraham possibly do this? What mental hoops must he jump through?
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