Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow before children.
04234 – Keep Me Away…
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03500 – Good Philosophy vs. Bad Philosophy
Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered. from The Weight of Glory
02784 – Teach Children Music
I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy, but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the key to learning.
02525 – Science vs. Religion
It is customary to blame secular science and anti-religious philosophy for the eclipse of religion in modern society. It would be more honest to blame religion for its own defeats. Religion declined not because it was refuted, but because it became irrelevant, dull,...
02116 – Concerning Ourselves with “The System”
I'm reminded of what Dr. King said after four little girls were murdered in an Alabama church: "We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderer."
02030 – Good Theology Maintains Two Freedoms
Until I went to seminary, no one had taught me how to clean the lens of my awareness and perception. Studying the philosophy of Franciscan John Duns Scotus (1266–1308) for four years had a profound effect on me. Duns Scotus taught (admittedly in rarefied Latin) that...
01175 – Indifference: Worse than Despair
Why are people indifferent? Don't people understand that indifference is probably the worst plague that exists in life? It is worse than despair. Despair is a beginning. Despair can inspire you to create great works of art, music, literature, philosophy, theology....
00894 – Music is a Higher Revelation
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.
00386 – Church vs. Fellowship
In the beginning, the church was a fellowship of men and women who centered their lives on the living Christ. They had a personal relationship with the Lord. It transformed them and the world around them. Then the church moved to Greece, where it became a philosophy....