Dmitry Chernikov’s Blog

Our Lord said, “the last will be first, and the first will be last.” (Mt 12:16) And, clarifying what he meant, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.” (Mk 9:35) Are the rich people who are successful businessmen and entrepreneurs first on this earth or [...]

1. Beversluis critiques Kreeft and Tacelli’s argument in Handbook of Christian Apologetics that Christianity has attracted some of the brightest minds in history. He objects: “Christianity has attracted infinitely more average, below average, and even marginal minds. … I am sure that no Christian apologist would care to draw any resounding inference from that.” I [...]

Unlike the moral virtues, the intellectual virtues are hierarchical: wisdom depends on knowledge and understanding. I won’t go into any deep analysis of these, simply because I haven’t done any as yet, but rather give an example found in one of my previous posts: (1) “I am late for work.” → “The boss is going [...]

Guilt means “a feeling of culpability for offenses” and is the opposite of righteousness. Shame is “a condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute” and is the opposite of glory. Now righteousness is necessary for glory, though not vice versa. For example, glory and happiness are almost synonymous; but “rectitude of the will” is required for [...]