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Gnostic Apocalypse

Posted on August 4, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

O’Regan, Cyril.  gnostic apocalypse:  jacob boehme’s haunted narrative Boehme is the site of the gnostic return to the modern world (ix).  CR hints that Milbank is also credited with the gnostic return (2). The discourse is “haunted” in the sense … Continue reading →

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Review: The Scandal of the Incarnation

Posted on January 4, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

by Hans urs von Balthalsar. This is the most accessible treatment of Irenaeus’s works. Hans urs von Balthasar provides a fine introduction, discussion, and brief critique of Gnosticism–showing how Irenaeus’s theology is relevant today. Further, von Balthasar provides a matrix … Continue reading →

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You might be a gnostic, if…

Posted on June 19, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

You might be Gnostic if you think that full time Christian ministry is superior to Artists who paint landscapes. You might be a Gnostic if you allegorize the parts of Scripture you find embarrassing. You might be Gnostic if you … Continue reading →

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The Scandal of the Incarnation

Posted on February 21, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

This is the most accessible treatment of Irenaeus’s works. Hans urs von Balthasar provides a fine introduction, discussion, and brief critique of Gnosticism–showing how Irenaeus’s theology is relevant today. Further, von Balthasar provides a matrix for interpreting St Irenaeus (von … Continue reading →

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Origen and the Life of the Stars

Posted on February 18, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Alan Scott sheds light on key problems in Hellenism by focusing on Origen’s view of the stars’ souls.  Ancient Greece certainly discussed the possibility that the stars are alive (and we will use the phrase” alive,” “intelligence,” and “souls” interchangeably … Continue reading →

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You might be a gnostic, if…

Posted on February 2, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Somebody made up a joke like this ten years.  I decided to give it my own spin.  I’ve tried to make it funny and not just mean-spirited. You might be a gnostic if…you think demons only exist in the Bible … Continue reading →

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You better do more than just agree

Posted on January 30, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

I told some on Puritanboard that I was not necessarily committed to premillennialism and I was ready to deal with other systems.  In short, I was going to give amillennialism (nota bene: that may be the ugliest term in all … Continue reading →

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Reading Torrance and not being postmodern

Posted on December 8, 2015 by J. B. Aitken

In my recent debate with a Gnostic Magus on a Reformed facebook forum, I was accused of being “postmodern.”  First, what does postmodern even mean?  The well-informed reader knows this is a trick question.  Even if you give the correct … Continue reading →

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Speech Act and Irony

Posted on December 8, 2015 by J. B. Aitken

The irony is that people think I am a Barthian because I recommended Torrance’s lectures on the Nicene Creed.  Of course, such a mentality is representative of the Reformed internetskii.  If they don’t want to grow and become mature in … Continue reading →

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Embracing our stunted limitations

Posted on December 8, 2015 by J. B. Aitken

Plato was right about the cave.  We really don’t want to face the truth.  We don’t want to get out of our comfort zones.  If we need an opponent, we create “The Other.”  The Other exists for our own self-definition. … Continue reading →

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