{"id":2071,"date":"2008-02-13T13:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2019-11-22T16:55:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T16:55:28","slug":"about-elizaphanian-with-index-of-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=2071","title":{"rendered":"About Elizaphanian (with Index of posts)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Elizaphanian<\/span>? Well…<\/p>\n

When I got my first independent e-mail address it was with hotmail (still used) and all the obvious ‘Sam Norton @…’ addresses had been taken. So I got out the good book and opened it at the Old Testament and read this<\/a>. I thought it sort of fitted me, so I added the ‘ian’ at the end to indicate a likeness.<\/p>\n

The real me is the Rector of West Mersea<\/a>, Essex, England – along with three neighbouring parishes. It’s very close to where I grew up, and I’m very proud of being an Essex boy<\/a>. I’m married with kids; a bit of an ageing libertarian-conservative-hippy hairy biker but principally an orthodox Christian trying, failing, and trying again to live out the faith. I like beer and wine, sailing, walking the dog on the beach, reading to the kids, all the usual stuff. I am also a bit fanatical about Chelsea FC but try not to mention that too often.<\/p>\n

This blog is my penseive<\/a>, the place where I think out loud<\/a> about whatever is on my mind at the time. Sometimes I will take an idea<\/a>, run with it<\/a>, argue for it<\/a> and end up rejecting it<\/a>. Othertimes the idea<\/a> sticks<\/a>. Time will tell, so: don’t take any one post too seriously! Please note that my quest for Truth borders on the pathological<\/a>. Also, please note that articles linked are not <\/span>necessarily representative of my own views. I link to what makes me think and I am often more stimulated by something that I don’t<\/span> agree with. If you must know, I believe (beyond the obvious) in human flourishing and human freedom – in that order. <\/p>\n

I will often put up TBTM<\/a>s or TBTE<\/a>s – these stand for The Beach This Morning\/Evening. Highlights can be found on my flickr page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I also use it to list the films<\/a> I watch – mostly junk, but I flatter myself with the ability to recognise the occasional diamond<\/a> when it crosses my path. <\/p>\n

An explanation of the subtitle of the blog is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is an index of some of the main themes of my writing on this blog:<\/p>\n

Click here for my talks about Christianity and Peak Oil<\/a> – if I have anything of value to say to the world, it’s contained here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Autobiographical (what this blog is mainly about)<\/b><\/p>\n

My Testimony<\/a><\/p>\n

The colour of my shirt<\/a><\/p>\n

The Old Testament Heart<\/a><\/p>\n

Guarding the Holy Fire<\/a><\/p>\n

Workload, priorities, vocation<\/a><\/p>\n

Laying George Herbert to rest<\/a><\/p>\n

Ride out!<\/a><\/p>\n

I confess<\/a><\/p>\n

Why I blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Inertia, theoria, blogging<\/a><\/p>\n

Dust and Bones<\/a><\/p>\n

Prayer and grief<\/a><\/p>\n

Watching the tide come in<\/a><\/p>\n

Rage and comic book heroes<\/a><\/p>\n

Socrates or Jesus?<\/a><\/p>\n

Scripture, Evangelicalism, Liberalism, Fundamentalism<\/b><\/p>\n

What I think about the Bible<\/a><\/p>\n

My talks on evangelicalism<\/a><\/p>\n

Anglican liberalism and the interpretation of Scripture<\/a><\/p>\n

The Authority of Scripture<\/a><\/p>\n

A bit more on Scripture<\/a><\/p>\n

Some thoughts about evangelism<\/a><\/p>\n

Why I hate fundamentalism<\/a><\/p>\n

Getting personal with fundamentalism<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy<\/a><\/p>\n

Not by our own feelings (criticism of ‘conversion’)<\/a><\/p>\n

Catholicism trumps Liberalism<\/a>

My posts on atheism<\/a><\/p>\n

Church-related writings<\/b><\/p>\n

Reflecting on the Incarnation<\/a><\/p>\n

Tearing down the curtain<\/a><\/p>\n

Why liturgy?<\/a><\/p>\n

Excrement smeared across a church wall<\/a><\/p>\n

Leaving Satan behind<\/a><\/p>\n

Music in worship<\/a><\/p>\n

Obedience<\/a><\/p>\n

What I’m optimistic about<\/a><\/p>\n

Theology<\/b><\/p>\n

What do I mean when I talk about ‘God’?<\/a><\/p>\n

Orthodoxy<\/a><\/p>\n

On Intelligent Design<\/a><\/p>\n

On Miracles<\/a><\/p>\n

Only love can believe<\/a><\/p>\n

Why I love Wittgenstein<\/a><\/p>\n

Wittgenstein and Radical Orthodoxy<\/a><\/p>\n

Wittgenstein, Plato and Pickstock: The Sense of Relgious Language<\/a><\/p>\n

Whose wrath?<\/a><\/p>\n

Peak Oil related<\/b><\/p>\n

The Great Dislocation<\/a><\/p>\n

Pledges<\/a><\/p>\n

Prophecy and Peak Oil<\/a><\/p>\n

Misplacing the Apocalypse<\/a><\/p>\n

SUV Spirituality<\/a><\/p>\n

A Fully Wired Future<\/a><\/p>\n

What I’m optimistic about<\/a><\/p>\n

Review of Economist article on Peak Oil<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s the secondary effects, stupid<\/a><\/p>\n

The Holiness of Stuart Staniford<\/a><\/p>\n

Gandalf, Gunpowder and Neil Gaiman’s cats<\/a><\/p>\n

Scandalous subjects<\/b><\/p>\n

Scandalous Cartoons<\/a><\/p>\n

Sin City<\/a><\/p>\n

On Divorce<\/a><\/p>\n

On Homosexuality<\/a><\/p>\n

Why I am a Conservative<\/a><\/p>\n

My posts on Obama<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

My posts on Palin<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Wrestling with violence<\/b><\/p>\n

Ante-bellum thoughts on Iraq<\/a><\/p>\n

Continuing to wrestle with violence<\/a><\/p>\n

Sam, Sam, pick up thi musket<\/a><\/p>\n

The non-violent image<\/a><\/p>\n

Non-violence from a different angle<\/a><\/p>\n

Metaphysics (including the Metaphysics of Quality)<\/b>
Introducing the MoQ<\/a><\/p>\n

A Christian interpretation of the MoQ<\/a><\/p>\n

The question of character<\/a><\/p>\n

The Eudaimonic MoQ<\/a><\/p>\n

The Religion of Metaphysics<\/a><\/p>\n

The Grammar of Salvation<\/a><\/p>\n

Wittgenstein’s Mystical Method<\/a><\/p>\n

Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Love<\/a><\/p>\n

On Religious Experience<\/a><\/p>\n

The Mythology of Science<\/a><\/p>\n

The apathistic stance<\/a><\/p>\n

Parfit, Persons and Integrity<\/a><\/p>\n

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