Joy
by i.burgess on March 31, 2011
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Veni Creator Spiritus
by i.burgess on March 25, 2011
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire; Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart. Thy blessed unction from above Is comfort, life, and fire of love; Enable with perpetual light The dullness of our blinded sight. Anoint and sheer our soiled face With the abundance of thy grace; Keep [...]
God Wins: A blog post about heaven, hell and the fate of every person who ever lived
by i.burgess on March 20, 2011
Last week a book was published. Unremarkable, since every week thousands of books are published all over the world. But this book had Christians all over the internet screaming ‘heretic’ back and forth. Again, unremarkable. But get this: The accusations were flying BEFORE THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED! Now THAT is quite the stir. Like a [...]
He draws all men to himself
by i.burgess on March 8, 2011
I seem to have spent forever getting through Training in Christianity by Kierkegaard but I think it’s worthwhile. Definitely one of the toughest books I’ve read, though actually a little more readable than Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship. Why can’t all my favourite thinkers write in English? One of the things I’ve been enjoying about Kierkegaard is [...]
Besetting sins of our culture
by i.burgess on March 4, 2011
A few weeks ago I was at a Bible study. The subject of our discussion was a book titled “The Overload Syndrome: Learning to live within your limits“. It’s essentially a critique of the Christian assumption of the American cultural obsession with achievement. One of the mindsets that is most difficult to avoid on the [...]
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