The Scriptorium Daily

Category: Philosophy

  • Blindness and Sight

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    John Mark Reynolds, 2004. John 9- Jesus heals a “man born blind.The Greeks wrote that the blind could see better in the spiritual world, because they were not distracted by the physical. They made their great sages and prophets blind (Homer, Tiresias). To see the world where the gods lived, one had to ignore the…

  • Rebuke, Repentance, and Restoration

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    John Mark Reynolds, 2004. What if one viewed the world through a religious framework? Not because one had to out of fear (you never know when to expect the Spanish Inquisition), but because it is interesting and after much experience of the world seems true? What if one decided that a holy book, like the…

  • Seeking For Thyself or Following the Logos

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    John Mark Reynolds, 2004. I am at a meeting in Dallas, Texas where very thoughtful Christians are dealing with issues related to religion and science. Led by one of California’s brightest citizens, Phillip E. Johnson of UC Berkeley. Too often the stereotype of thoughtful Christians is that they are bound by dogma, unable to engage…