faith
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Envy’s Descent into Spiritual Poverty This demonstration of Resurrexit Spiritus and Structural Virtues Theory (RS & SVT) comes with a disclaimer: Amadeus (1984) contains nudity and crass humour, though more than this it is not historically accurate. I am not writing to critique the accuracy, though. Suffice to say, Mozart was never such a scoundrel…
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Bartimaeus (“son of Platon’s Timaeus”) casts off his outer garment (himation; philosopher’s cloak) before approaching Christ. This symbolises discarding reliance (faith) on pure rationalism/philosophy. Platonic philosophy, for all its fantastic insight, leaves one spiritually blind to the true Light, as presented by the physical blindness. The blindness is healed by faith in Jesus, who restores…
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Greed, Dependence, and Envy Aborting Rather Than Prudence and Ethics Birthing Truth In the first domain of RS, Kratos, societies define themselves through the acceptance or rejection of rules, and the powers these rules have, especially when it comes to balance in the other proceeding domains. In There Will Be Blood (2007), this is embodied…
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The Tyranny of Certainty: How Absolutism Distorts the Soul’s Path to Justice The 1950 film Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa, is a masterful exploration of the human soul’s deepest contradictions. I’ve been a big fan of Kurosawa since discovering his work as a teenager, however this is one which took time and experience to fully…
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Teaching the Next Generation Beloved disciple of Truth, now for the final and most vital responsibility of the spiritual soldier: to pass on the virtues of Christ Jesus to future generations. This is sacred duty that requires the virtues of Patience and Loyalty set the boundaries for the expansion of virtues against error. In this…
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Living in the Kingdom of God Beloved warrior in our Lord, today we discuss eternal duty defining the true soldier: to live as an eager disciple within the domains of heaven. This aspiration, this calling, requires careful considerations in Courage and Loyalty. Far from any earthly definitions, the redefinition in Logos through Willpower Truth, this…
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The Eternal Virtues in a New Era Beloved seeker after wisdom, let us now consider the most crucial virtue in an age of relativism and information overload: discernment. Truth is now too often drowned out by all the noise in our environments, with falsehoods and AI lies dressed as virtues, the soldier must wield their…
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Training Against the Age Beloved warrior in Jesus, let us now turn once more to the most important training in our repertoire: prayer. Spiritual combat is what we are born to, and it is our prayer which enables us to fight back encroaching forces. In an age where technology seeks to replace the sacred and…
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Replacing Psychology with Spirituality Today we look to the horizon, dear beloved of God, where the old tools of discourse holding us over have been abandoned for the renewed instruments of spiritual engagement. Modern psychology, though often praised as a science, is, in its current shape, but a mere shadow cast by the light of…
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The Ultimate Weapon Against Sin Beloved in divine engagement, the weapon that cuts through sin, Truth, is spiritual combat reliant upon Courage and Willpower, as extensions of divine Loyalty. The most important defiance possible is against the forces that would lead us astray from this ultimate weapon. In the domain of Logos, where dialectical reasoning…