Fri 8 Jan, 2010
No! While I know many people (including Catholic apostolates) begin a blog in good faith only to have it die because they no longer have time to keep it up, this is not the case here. I am currently too busy to blog as I tackle three major writing projects. But the blog is still a central part of this apostolate.
I have no idea when, but new blog posts are… Continue reading
Tue 14 Jul, 2009
The largest problem with The Shack lies in what seems to be its main message. God tries very hard to rid Mack of all notions of religion, hierarchy, ritual, tradition, authority and law. In the great tradition of fashioning God in our own image, Young adopts a very American, democratic vision of God. The problem is that this vision of God is not Biblical, and contradicts the… Continue reading
Mon 13 Jul, 2009
The Shack does fall into major theological error in its undersanding of the Incarnation. Since my Master’s program, I have noticed some pretty major errors in the interpretation of Phillipians 2:5-11 by various Evangelical preachers.
5 Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, Who, 6 though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be… Continue reading
Mon 22 Dec, 2008
Since the writings of Aristotle (and probably before), humankind has assumed that human nature was an objective reality, and that certain things were good for us as human beings and other things were not good for us. This assumption extended to human society.
In Plato’s Republic Aristotle argues that society exists for higher purposes than mutual protection. Society exists so that we can help each other reach human fulfillment… Continue reading
Mon 22 Sep, 2008
A recent editorial in our local paper explored the possibility of lowering the legal drinking age in our state from 21 to 18. It’s actually quite a surprising topic for the editors to bring up, considering they just completed a series on the ravages of alcohol abuse, including information that the earlier one starts drinking the more likely the person is to abuse alcohol as an adult. We have also… Continue reading
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Jeff Arrowood taught moral theology, literature, US history and psychology at a Catholic high school for ten years. He is now a stay-at-home father who still teaches through his blog, website and educational seminars. The Gaudium Veritatis blog looks at current events through the eyes of Catholic moral truth.
