Tuesday, July 15, 2003
I'm reading...
Christianity for Modern Pagans by Peter Kreeft. Okay, now I'm out of the closet. I'm really a pseudo-intellectual and love reading heavy philosophical stuff. This book is an edited, outlined, and explained commentary on Blaise Pascal's Pensees. And yes it is a Christian book written by a great Christian thinker and writer commenting on the work of a brilliant Christian French philosopher. Are you yawning yet?
Anyway, Peter Kreeft has written quite a few good books about Christianity and modern philosophical thought. This book is one of his finest works in my opinion. Here's a sampling with Pascal's thoughts in bold and Kreeft's comments in italics.
There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
The only choice, then, is between being sinners who know they are sinners and repent; or sinners who don't. Saints are not the opposite of sinners; saints are sorry sinners, saved sinners.
I don't know about you but I think this is good stuff, really good stuff. I'll admit it's not easy reading but it does stretch my brain to think about my faith in new ways. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to communicate their faith to college students or the intellectual elite.
Aloha, Glenn
Christianity for Modern Pagans by Peter Kreeft. Okay, now I'm out of the closet. I'm really a pseudo-intellectual and love reading heavy philosophical stuff. This book is an edited, outlined, and explained commentary on Blaise Pascal's Pensees. And yes it is a Christian book written by a great Christian thinker and writer commenting on the work of a brilliant Christian French philosopher. Are you yawning yet?
Anyway, Peter Kreeft has written quite a few good books about Christianity and modern philosophical thought. This book is one of his finest works in my opinion. Here's a sampling with Pascal's thoughts in bold and Kreeft's comments in italics.
There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
The only choice, then, is between being sinners who know they are sinners and repent; or sinners who don't. Saints are not the opposite of sinners; saints are sorry sinners, saved sinners.
I don't know about you but I think this is good stuff, really good stuff. I'll admit it's not easy reading but it does stretch my brain to think about my faith in new ways. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to communicate their faith to college students or the intellectual elite.
Aloha, Glenn
Help Wanted Ad
My wife, Sheila, brought my attention to a Help Wanted ad in last Sunday's Honolulu Advertiser:
"FLORAL DELIVERY---Drug/alcohol/cell phone dependent need not apply...."
Aloha, Glenn
My wife, Sheila, brought my attention to a Help Wanted ad in last Sunday's Honolulu Advertiser:
"FLORAL DELIVERY---Drug/alcohol/cell phone dependent need not apply...."
Aloha, Glenn
