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character formation

There are some forms of stupidity that one must be highly intelligent and educated to commit

December 2, 2017 by Randal

Eighteen years ago when I was doing my PhD in England I knew a Christian theologian who was pursuing a doctorate with a focus on Christian ethics. (Let’s call him Don.) One day when I was hanging out with Don, he showed me an ethics book he had stolen from a library in continental Europe. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: character formation, Escape from nihilism, ethics, motivated reasoning, virtue

How we try to avoid coming to terms with hell (Part 1): Make it small

April 3, 2014 by Randal

In my article “Hell, right doctrine, and right character” I proposed my thesis in the form of a rhetorical question: Shouldn’t right doctrine seamlessly interweave with right character formation? In other words, the more that the consistent and clear acceptance of a doctrine frustrates the formation of one’s Christian character the less likely the doctrine is […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: C.S. Lewis, character formation, doctrine, hell, sanctification, spiritual formation

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