I love this post and the essay that inspired it so much. Thank you, both of you, for helping us recover a more robust demonology. I'm reminded of St. Antony of the Desert's words in St. Athanasius' little book about his teachings: "They fit their phantoms to the mind they find in us. If they find us in fear and panic, at once they assail us, like thieves who find the palace unguarded; and all that we of ourselves are thinking, that they do and more... But if they find us glad in the Lord and pondering on the good things to come, and thinking thoughts of God and accounting that all is in God's hand...seeing the soul safeguarded with such thoughts they turn away in shame... for they are, as I said, very cowardly, always expecting the fire that is prepared for them." The means of grace and the hope of glory are very great. We neglect them to our detriment. Bless you for proclaiming them so beautifully!
I’d love to see you two and Jordan Peterson do an interview/discussion on this. The extent to which addiction, compulsion, and self-harm seem to have gotten so much worse does seem like Screwtape and his (now apparently innumerable) nephews have been working overtime. The discussion of the psychological and demonic and their interplay would be fascinating.
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
""Realism" is a language through which we have taught ourselves that we are not what we are. It is a language that has no word for “God,” so that even when we confront him, we cannot tell the world who is there."
Of late there is a question I like to ask Materialists. We have walked away from God/Faith. Hows That Workin Out For Ya? Things (Life) Getting Better?
I love this post and the essay that inspired it so much. Thank you, both of you, for helping us recover a more robust demonology. I'm reminded of St. Antony of the Desert's words in St. Athanasius' little book about his teachings: "They fit their phantoms to the mind they find in us. If they find us in fear and panic, at once they assail us, like thieves who find the palace unguarded; and all that we of ourselves are thinking, that they do and more... But if they find us glad in the Lord and pondering on the good things to come, and thinking thoughts of God and accounting that all is in God's hand...seeing the soul safeguarded with such thoughts they turn away in shame... for they are, as I said, very cowardly, always expecting the fire that is prepared for them." The means of grace and the hope of glory are very great. We neglect them to our detriment. Bless you for proclaiming them so beautifully!
I’d love to see you two and Jordan Peterson do an interview/discussion on this. The extent to which addiction, compulsion, and self-harm seem to have gotten so much worse does seem like Screwtape and his (now apparently innumerable) nephews have been working overtime. The discussion of the psychological and demonic and their interplay would be fascinating.
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
But only if you believe and look for God's plan. Faith is so important. I feel bad for those who have so much doubt.
"We are living in an age of “realism” and have left reality behind."
He Shoots...He Scores!
""Realism" is a language through which we have taught ourselves that we are not what we are. It is a language that has no word for “God,” so that even when we confront him, we cannot tell the world who is there."
Of late there is a question I like to ask Materialists. We have walked away from God/Faith. Hows That Workin Out For Ya? Things (Life) Getting Better?