Jacques Ellul
The World Is Ending Today and Yesterday and Tomorrow
People always think they are living in the end times. They're right.
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Ephemera, 9/18/23
This time: ugh, disease; snark attack; tell, don't show.
Jacques Ellul
Living in Reality
Alan Jacobs on Jacques Ellul.
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Ephemera, 8/31/23
This time: you gotta sin to get saved; yes, bad literature is real, and it's spectacular; some housekeeping (blogkeeping?) notes.
Jacques Ellul
Ellul: The World's Will Is Always a Will to Suicide
Wrapping up Chapter 1 of Presence: Where God's will and the world's will collide.
Jacques Ellul
Ellul: Walking the Talk, Redeeming the Time
Ellul says that Christians are called to "redeem the time" through both action and words, which are inseparable.
Jacques Ellul
Ellul: Thoughts & Prayers
Jacques Ellul offers "thoughts and prayers" for Christians seeking to preserve the world.
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Ephemera, 8/21/23
This time: blame seminaries for bad sermons calling Jesus a racist; human dignity depends on magic.
Jacques Ellul
Ellul: Stop Making Sense
A summary so far; what ethics are for; the problem with being nice.
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Ephemera, 8/20/23
This time: Paris-Brest is more than a pastry; Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell; deep cuts.
Jacques Ellul
Ellul: Do Not Confuse Christian Ethics with Morality
We try to resolve the tension of living in a sinful world by creating systems of morality to try and improve the situation. But the world can't be made less sinful by us, and Christianity is not morality.
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Ephemera, 8/15/23
This time: Kierkegaard's secrets; the "pre-ascetical" self; Paul Simon's career.