Tag: existentialism
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Anxiety and Hope as Existential Moods
Psalm 131 -7/6/2026 But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; my soul within me is like a weaned child. O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time on and forevermore. Psalm 131:2-3 (NRSVue, alternate translation) Anxiety is an important mood for philosophical reasons. Anxiety exemplifies the…
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Testing Spirits and the Weight of Choice
1 John 4:1-6 – 6/30/2026 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1 (NRSVue) One of the distinctive features of the New Testament writings that bear John’s name is an emphasis on God’s…
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The Subjective Side of Faith
Matthew 10:24-39 – 6/21/2026 – The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. Matthew 10:39 (NRSVue) Some Scripture is straightforward to interpret or comment on. “Thou shalt not kill” for example is an easy one. At the surface…
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Our Powerlessness and the Question of How to Live
Job 38:12-21 – 5/29/2026 Have you commanded the morning since your days began and caused the dawn to know its place[?] Job 38:12 (NRSVue) The answer to God’s rhetorical question to Job and his companions is obviously no. No one other than God commands the morning dawn to rise, not the righteous nor the unrighteous,…
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“I Am” not a being but Being Itself
John 8:21-30 – 5/16/2026 Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I am.” John 8:28 (NRSVue) – alternative translation (see footnote in the NRSVue Biblical text) Perhaps no where is Jesus more explicit about his divinity than in the Gospel of John where he declares several…
Dionysus on a Bike 