templar

1. so we went to cambodia to see angkor wat. (and vietnam, to see ha long bay- cool stuff!) probably all our future trips will be unesco heritage-related? we’ll see.

the levite eucharist

1. Okay, so a few weeks back sept refers this article by ben myers;

“A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast” (Proverbs 12:10).

If we take the life of an animal, then, it is an act of reverence and penitence, and it contains an implicit appeal to divine redemption. Indeed, Barth argues that the killing of an animal is always a religious act, an “offering” in which we sadly and reluctantly take another life in exchange for our own. It is a priestly act: “A meal which includes meat is a sacrificial meal.”

personal faith?

For Wright, the solar system could serve as an analogy of faith: you could view that the Sun and all the planets revolve around you on earth (geocentricism), or you could view that actually you on earth and all the other planets are the ones that revolve around the radiant Sun (heliocentricism).

regarding law and wars

although i wanted to escape stereotyping, but i have to do it somewhat here: to some of the more conservative minded, the covenant of law is given to govern people (or humanity in general) that are still in a phase where law is the most appropriate way to deal with their less-developed culture, whereas now the growth of history has allowed us access to the governance of the covenant of grace. to the same school of thought, however, a “just war” is often recalled from the pages of the first testament, telling hey, if it worked then, why not now?

the center of populace

1. Recently, while still ‘berkutat’ in isaiah, our bbs began to discuss about “city” in some of the discussion points, which are supposedly reflective/applicative, but somehow does not generate any punch in our talks. maybe we (read:me) am too lazy to act upon things.