Central to Christian anthropology stands the question of man’s basic nature. Is he spirit? Is he flesh? Is he both? Is he more truly one or the other? The answer to this question will echo across theology, from Christology and
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Welcome to my blog! I’m Colson Potter, author with one book published at time of posting and more coming. This blog covers those topics I believe I can speak valuably upon: writing, politics, theology, philosophy, and the intersections of the four, to the glory of God.
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What’s What on Here
The Blog Here you can find all the weekly articles. Theology Here you can find articles focused on theology. Writing Here you can find articles focused on the art and theory of writing. Politics Here you can find articles focused on political matters, whether current or theoretical. Philosophy Here you can find articles focused on…
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Is Man Body, Soul, or Both?
Central to Christian anthropology stands the question of man’s basic nature. Is he spirit? Is he flesh? Is he both? Is he more truly one or the other? The answer to this question will echo across theology, from Christology and understanding the Incarnation to eschatology to the theology of medicine, physical and mental. False answers…
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The Reality of the Ideal Hero – On Islander 5
I’ve no familiarity at all with the work of Wyndham Lewis, this article’s partial subject, or Dr. Gilfedder, its author, and my knowledge of Shakespeare is small. men against darkness, published in Islander #5 doubtless possesses certain interests for the otherwise equipped which I am insensible to. I therefore turn my eye in this response-review…
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Abolitionism, Incrementalism, and….
Killing children is naturally a topic people have strong feelings about. At large in our culture, this debate plays out between two diametric opposites. On the one side, those who advocate killing children in order to preserve a more pleasurable lifestyle, for whom abortion is essentially a child sacrifice to self and to ideology. People…
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The Song That is Oldest is Wisest
The Kings of the earth and their kinHave left their marks on the earth;The lords of the east and the westHave made millions to kneel by their birth.But the song that is oldest is wisest,And all that it tells is this:One King shall remain,One Song shall be sung.When time comes for the end of the…
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Police, Crime, Tyranny: A Recipe
So, you just got effective control of a nation’s government, by means we’ll not go into here (very inconvenient, the superpowers stopping as soon as you got this far). Your goal, naturally, is to extend your power, but no longer can you rely on supernatural means. Instead, you need to look at the old playbook…