by cutsinger | Jan 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Is “the present moment” perpendicular to the line of time? Interesting question. It seems to me a good answer depends on which sort of “present” you mean. I have in mind the medieval distinction, going back at least as far as Boethius, between two distinct forms of...
by cutsinger | Dec 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
As a follow-up to my last post—Logismoi—I thought you might be interested in the following recent article by George Will. So perhaps things aren’t so bad after all at your university?! WASHINGTON (26 November 2015)— Give thanks this day for some indirect...
by cutsinger | Dec 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m sorry to hear you’ve been under siege once again. Your university obviously makes a conservative’s life much more difficult than I have it here in South Carolina. This is in part, however, simply the fortunate result of my rank and professional...
by cutsinger | Nov 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Is there such a thing as an esoteric Christianity, or did Christ overcome and abolish all such distinctions? It seems to me the answer to your question is … yes! While it is true that in Christ “the middle wall of partition” has been “broken down” (Ephesians 2:14), St...
by cutsinger | Oct 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
I recently came across the following definition, apropos our discussion of holiness, and thought you would be as interested—and as chastened!—as I. It comes from Dumitru Staniloe’s book The Experience of God. I have made a few alterations in the translation. In...
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