Electrical Engineer, Chinese background, Melbourne Australia. I became interested in philosophy and history after knowing Jesus. Bertrand Russell’s History of Philosophy whet my appetite, now I’m excited to engage with the original texts with you all.
This is how I spend time with God. Seeing his power & wisdom through history and in people’s thoughts. My Christian circle tends to focus on the Father’s heart, which is great, but I also want to dive deep into the Father’s mind. Glad to have found like minded people in this space!
Sorry for taking this long to introduce myself; I tend to be rather shy on online forums.
My name is Mariam, I love learning and am really excited to have this opportunity! I tend to read a lot of older books (it’s a running joke in my family that I only read dead authors), but philosophy is kind of intimidating to me. I’ve decided it’s time to jump on in and get more comfortable with it. (:
I didn’t think I was going to make any comments at first, but I feel like I might get brave enough to throw some of the thoughts I have out there at some point.
Hi Larry,
I live in north central Colorado. I grew up Catholic and converted to Orthodoxy in my mid-30s. I’ve had a variety of jobs, but one of my side projects is assisting Publican Press in the US, and St. Macarius Monastery in Egypt, in cleaning up Arabic-English translations of religious texts.
I am curious to learn more about philosophy, and to see where your faith journey takes you!
Welcome, Joanna. You certainly have had an interesting story! I can’t really imagine what St. Macarius Monastery is like.
The Monastery is fascinating! I can’t travel there myself, but I know they do a lot of farming. Abba Matta el-Maskeen, the monk who was responsible for revitalizing the monastery in the 70s, had been a pharmacist before becoming a monk and was very scientifically-minded. He really kicked up their food production; he made the desert bloom.
Hello! My name is Will. I’m a software engineer living in Tennessee. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your recent posts on your faith journey, Larry!
Looking forward to diving in to these topics as time allows.
Hi Will, welcome!
Hi Larry, thank you for organizing this!
My name is Q. I immigrated from China to the States as a middle schooler. By God’s grace I became a Christian sophomore year of college. Majored in mol.bio. and comp.sci., then neuro in grad. Always rejoicing in learning about the nature of God and His Creation.
Looking forward to learning from everyone and contributing!
Welcome, Q!
Hi, I’m Ben, a mid 40s IT professional, minored in Philosophy in college, love theology, and do hope to learn more about how to be a more complete lover of wisdom: God’s wisdom and human wisdom.
You know, Ecclesiastes as well as Genesis 2–3 make it clear that only God’s wisdom certainly avoids the morass of “vanity”—and that indeed there is a clear distinction between these two. The question though is how to draw the distinction…
Welcome!
Pastor, church planter in Nepal. I find it fascinating that God used, among other things, your background in the study of philosophy to lead you to Himself. I want to learn to be a better communicator of the Gospel of Christ with those who tend to be philosophical. Perhaps I am attempting something too high for me, but I am giving it a try.
Thank you, Larry, for this unique opportunity to learn and grow.
Welcome, Pradesh! I’m sure you have many fascinating stories. I do hope you’ll give it a try!
That is a great reason to study philosophy, Pradesh! Thank you for reminding me of the mission we’re on. Studying how other people think is absolutely useful for evangelism.
If you look in the first chapter of John or in Paul’s sermon at the Areopagus in Acts 17, it’s clear that, without watering down the Gospel in any way, they were choosing to say things in ways that would be understandable to people steeped in Greek philosophy. John is careful to use the correct words to distinguish being vs. becoming even though that distinction wouldn’t have been so clear in his first language. Paul explains to the Athenians the God they believed to be unknowable had now chosen to make himself known by revelation. I have no doubt God will also give you the words people need to hear.
May He grow your ministry and enable you to reach even the most unlikely people with the Gospel of Christ.
Hi, I’m Memma. I’m a Bible student who’s always eager to deepen my understanding of Scripture, though I remain deeply skeptical about how useful philosophy is for strengthening faith or helping us live in-covenant with the Almighty Creator.
Welcome, Memma. We’ll see!
Lutheran, Texan. Seminary study in Luther, Kierkegaard, American evangelicalism.
Welcome, Joe!
Hi Larry, My name is Paul and I hail from Columbus, Ohio. I’m a layman in the LCMS, here to learn a little bit about philosophy.
Hi Paul, I live near the 33 curve! Maybe we can get coffee sometime.
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