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"If we scorned Plato as much as we do Müntzer, our preaching would burn brighter, our churches would sing louder, and our men would stop trying to be angels." This is brilliant, and begs for questions.

This could use a lot of unpacking. Body Soul dualism is handled differently for sure. What do you have in mind? And how does this fit into western civilization's addiction to Plato and Aristotle along with their children, all the way to Heisenberg, Wittgenstein and Derrida?

Or is this about reading the Formula of Concord while drinking brandy and smoking cigars? Running a Habitat for Humanity construction cell in the county and being a group in the local militia or national guard unit? Is it doing the Amish thing in our own particular way, and what might that look like for us? All? Some? None of these?

If anything, I find that rigid men who lack both courage and humility at the same time find it hard to take from me what I have to teach them. It takes a certain confidence to acknowledge the limits of one's presuppositions. This is why God's word, if necessary, apart from doctrine and tradition, stands as a pillar that does not sink or get knocked over.

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