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Category: Commentary

Friendship as adultery

Posted on December 5, 1992April 5, 2014 by Gerald Schlabach

Social Reality and Sexual Metaphor in Augustine’s Doctrine of Original Sin Augustinian Studies 23 (December 1992): 125-147. The Death of a Friend Through Death and Friendship Social Transmission, Social Procreation Conclusions Notes The only joy to be attained had the fragile brilliance of glass, a joy outweighed by the fear that it may be shattered…

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Law, gospel and the irony of Martin Luther

Posted on November 19, 1992April 5, 2014 by Gerald Schlabach

Theo 635: Theology of Martin Luther, University of Notre Dame, 19 November 1992 Erasmus. “On the Freedom of the Will [De Libero Arbitrio].” Luther, Martin. “On the Bondage of the Will [De Servo Arbitrio].” In Luther and Erasmus: Free Will and Salvation, translated and edited by Ernest Gordon Rupp, in collaboration with A. N. Marlow….

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The blessing of Abraham’s children

Posted on December 5, 1991April 5, 2014 by Gerald Schlabach

A theology of service Mission Focus 19:4 (December 1991): 52-55. In January 1986 Samuel Escobar, an evangelical leader from South America, was guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Mennonite Central Committee, the main North American Mennonite agency for relief, development and global education. After listening to a lengthy discussion of how MCC workers…

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