Chester Delagneau
2/20/13
Category: Philosophy
We fear truth because truth requires accountability and change. But once we are accountable to that change, truth will set us free from our former fears.
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12/21/24
Category: Cinema, Devotionals, Gospel, JESUS, Morality, Philosophy, Psychology, Scripture, Suffering, Theology
When Josh Brolin gave Thanos a humanity, it sent shock waves not only into the Marvel Cinematic Universe but also into ours. That is, when personified evil is torn over killing half the world’s population but sees it as a necessity, his character becomes believable, which is terrifying to watch. After accomplishing what he thinks…
12/9/24
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, Science and Religion
Thoughts cannot be reduced to chemical reactions in the brain. To say otherwise is to greatly undermine the multifaceted nature of cognition and consciousness. Let’s take terms like “thoughts,” “consciousness,” and “mind” for example. To a substance dualist like me, who believes the mind is a metaphysical substance just as real as the material brain,…
11/5/24
Category: JESUS, Philosophy, Poetry, Spiritual Formation, Suffering, Theology
Kernels of gold sowed in sweat. Embodied husks designed to protect. Multicolored grain, a heavenly harvest. The plague in the Garden— one locust started— the Reaper ransoms to forget. A rotted ear only hears the screams of its own dissection, an eternity of introspection. Rows of corn restless with guilt. The cup of wrath…
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