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Reflections on Maundy Tuesday, 2004
John Mark Reynolds, 2004. Tonight I stood before God in a service I did not create. I didn’t sit with my other friends and make up the work of the Church as I went. The Church was not emerging tonight, it was standing on a firm foundation. They did not have to hear my words,…
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Reflections on Homily 12 on the Gospel of John
John Mark Reynolds, 2004. St. John Chrysostom: HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN: “For while yet that blessed Body hung upon the tree, the sun turned away his rays, the whole earth was troubled and became dark, the graves were opened, the ground quaked, and an innumerable multitude of dead leaped forth, and went into…
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Nine Questions to Ask Before Attending a Christian College
John Mark Reynolds, 2004. What can be done with Christian colleges? Parents need to learn to ask hard questions about their school of choice. You are paying for a Christian, Christ-centered, education. What does the school mean by this? Some of my favorite questions: 1. Do all your teachers believe the great saints of the…
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Reflections on Dante’s Purgatory, Part Two
John Mark Reynolds, 2004. Dante continues to change me. Today the theme for me was the process of being “disillusioned.” The worst thing about being a professor and trying to be open to students is seeing the look in their eyes when they realize how fallible you really are. Of course, this should not be…
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On Christian Academics
John Mark Reynolds, 2004. Christian academics are paid decent money to work at faith based institutions. Many of these institutions have statements of faith that they ask their faculty to sign. Others ask their faculty to agree to codes of conduct. Of course, both ideas would cause system crashes in the operation of secular universities.…
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Marriage: A Bloodless Martyrdom
John Mark Reynolds, 2004. The Church calls marriage a bloodless martyrdom. I used to think this a rather gloomy way to talk, but that is only because I did not understand martyrdom. Think of all the martyr stories. They are full of joy. The early Christians had to be discouraged from seeking martyrdom, it was…
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Reflections on Homily 11 on the Gospel of John
John Mark Reynolds, 2004. St. John Chrysostom: HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN: “Besides, even if any should be so poor, it is in their power, by means of the continual reading of the holy Scriptures which takes place here, to be ignorant of nothing contained in them. “This should give lie to the notion…
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Reflections on Dante’s “Purgatory”
John Mark Reynolds, 2004. I am voyaging into Purgatory with two of the finest groups of students I have ever known. Several questions drive us forward. What can be done with the two eagles? How can church and state exist together? How can we see the things as the really are? For Dante, fundamentally the…
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Book Review: “The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian” by Lloyd Alexander
John Mark Reynolds, 2004 Amazon.com: Books: The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian Today, for fun, I decided to read another Lloyd Alexander book. Most famous for the “High King” and the other adventures of an assistant pig keeper, Alexander has written this short book, a worth while stand-alone. Despite the late sixties and early seventies “rationalism”…
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On Dorothy Sayers’ “Mind of the Maker”
John Mark Reynolds, 2004. Still thinking about Dorothy Sayers Mind of the Maker. Why do so few people know about this brilliant book?An artist creates. This act, according to Sayers, reflects the triune nature of God: Idea, Energy/Action, and Power. The author writes her book based on an Idea. This idea, like the Father is…
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Revelation and Reason
John Mark Reynolds, 2004. Today’s class was on Dorothy Sayers. Ably led by Miss Silvers, we delved into the relationship between Revelation and reason. Some of my thoughts from this class. I think the world to be a reasonable place, but it may not all be open to our reason. Some problems are just too…
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Reflections on the Annunciation
John Mark Reynolds, 2004. Today we reflect on the Annunciation. Mary becomes the Mother of God. Gabriel, the Strength of God, comes to make this world morphing announcement to Mary. Why does God send an angel? Couldn’t the Divine have done the job better himself? Of course. God excels at everything. He is like that…