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05/07/2023 – “The Tell” chapter 1 Fellowship discussion / Notes


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I put my own questions over the chapter in bold amidst my notes on the chapter. I compiled the notes within my Apple notes file and then copied it …

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05/06/2023 – Chapter 26 fellowship – “Duties” // “The present moment is a ‘sacrament’, so we all have to be catchers, catching whatever ball of Himself God throws at us.”


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Peter Kreeft sums up this short chapter with a quote from De Caussade: “we have two duties to fulfill: we must actively seek to carry God’s will into …

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05/02/2023 – A new book review fellowship!: “The Source” by James Michener // Join us!


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We will bring the Bible and our faith into this book! And the Bible is already in the book, you will note in the acknowledgments up front, the translations …

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04/29/2023 – Chapter 25 Fellowship: “Objection: I can’t be a Saint”


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Kreeft presents what I expect is our common objection with the following hypothetical dialogue between teacher and student:

“But I can’t do this stuff. Especially the stuff about accepting sufferings …

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04/20/2023 – Chapter 24 fellowship – “Suffering” / How do we grapple with: “that this suffering means not that you are less loved by God, or judged to be less worthy, but more…” (Yes, I submit the prosperity gospel is “bunk”)


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Last chapter was really my first criticism of Peter Kreeft. Well, I am back on course in Chapter 24!

I don’t know of any messenger of Christ that has gone …

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04/15/2023 – Chapter 23 fellowship – “Failures”


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Let me capsulize the three type of failures outlined by Kreeft:

Physical sufferings that come to us, independent from our actions and moral choices: It is rare that I take …

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04/14/2023 – Recommended movie: “A Witness of Hope – Life of John Paul II” on “Tubi”


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Movie Review:

https://decentfilms.com/reviews/witnesstohope

And here is George Weigel’s book review on Amazon, of the same title:

I agree with the reviewer who notes so many misunderstood John Paul II, because they refused …

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04/04/2023 – The vice of apathy / Book excerpt: “Why Do I Do What I Don’t Want to Do” by Jonathan “JP” Pokluda / ISBN # 9781493439485


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The subtitle: “Replace Deadly Vices with Life-Giving Virtues”

Here is an excerpt I would like to share:

Section: “A Slow Drift”

“D.A. Carson is one of the leading New Testament scholars …

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03/30/2023 – See also: “How to be Holy” by Peter Kreeft book review category. Once again: “We can’t lose, because God can’t lose! Insofar as we believe that identity, we will love His will as we love our own. We will then fully embrace it and become holy.”


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The Perfection of Shalom

Thursday, March 30, 2023 Messiah said, “Be ye perfect.” The word for Perfect in Hebrew is Shalom. It not only means perfect, but complete. To become perfect …

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03/25/2023 – Chapter 22 Discussion – “Peace” // “Because He has made us for Himself, therefore our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.” St. Augustine – “Confessions”- written 397 A.D. – 400 A.D.


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Recounted are the 3 stages of life:

Restlessness of the heart that has not yet found God.Post-conversion peace, the peace the world cannot give. (Romans 8:28)Perfect heavenly peace

“We cannot enjoy true …

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