Regardless of their sometimes ambiguous concepts of God, the Roman Stoic philosophers did acknowledge Him, but on the basis of reason alone, because they had not met Christ.
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This excellent reminder is providential in our day, where so many people desperately need to reconnect with the Western intellectual tradition."--SCOTT M.
Thomas Aquinas in the past, Kevin Vost does a superb job of showing us how human reason, in the form of Stoic philosophy, supports Christian revelation.
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The Porch and the Cross offers a fascinating and insightful glimpse into the love of Wisdom and the Wisdom of the cross "--FR.
Read and be inspired."--KEVIN LOWRY, author of Faith at Work "The complementarity of reason and faith is beautifully evidenced in this gem of a book. "Kevin Vost has done his readers a tremendous service once again The Porch and the Cross is suffused with Wisdom that is relevant, timely, and brilliantly articulated.
And there is still today much that Christians can learn from these "teachers on the porch" of antiquity.
In the 1960s, cognitive psychotherapists turned to the Stoics to discover methods to conquer depression and anxiety.
In medieval times, Christian monks copied the Stoics\' handbooks, and scholastic theologians mined their works for gems of natural moral wisdom.
As Kevin Vost so wonderfully illustrates in his new book, The Porch and the Cross, the Stoics can help us learn--and remember--what is up to us, and what is up to God alone.
Musonius Rufus the teacher, Epictetus the slave, Seneca the adviser to emperors, and Marcus Aurelius, the emperor himself, produced a practical technology we can use to integrate Christian ethics into our own daily practice.
Nonetheless, they did deduce from God\'s existence our need to live lives of virtue, honor, tranquility, and self-control--and they developed effective techniques to help us achieve this.
Regardless of their sometimes ambiguous concepts of God, the Roman Stoic philosophers did acknowledge Him, but on the basis of reason alone, because they had not met Christ
