Anyone else in here just giggling unto themselves that only Darryl could drop an Easter recording and have years in between them, and we all flock to listen anyway?
Does anyone remember which episode went into Darryl’s thoughts on Christianity and the Eucharist? I feel like it was one of the cannibalism episodes, but I just can’t remember.
I've never been religious, but I enjoy Darryl's digressions into Christianity. I read the Bible years ago, but never studied it. I just realized Darryl is basically my preacher. Happy Easter!
Thank you for this. I would describe myself as a cultural Catholic. I wish this was the kind of material that was present to me growing up, because I actually think my faith would be stronger. I love my wife deeply however she was scarred by some more extreme baptist upringing. This was fine but now that we have children Im struggling to find ways to introduce them to Christ. The more I learn the more I think that religion is truly for adults and that we might be failing our kids by introducing them to Christianity too early. Truly struggling with this tonight especially.
We drove to Butte to eat as a family and listened to your original Easter message. I complained to my wife that you haven’t done another one. We came back out and saw the second one waiting for us for the ride back home. These are the best Easter messages I have heard all day today.
Forgive me if I’m being naive, but I remember a men’s group study years ago in which we studied the book of Job and we debated the chronological placement of it in the Old Testament. I guess that I always assumed it was out of place in the order of the other books without giving that thought any research to back it up. Your remark about the last time God spoke with man in the Hebrew Bible was with Job, really got my mind spinning again on this question. When and who is the author?
Great addition/addendum to the Job episode, which has always been one of my favorites. Thanks DC. Hope Easter was beautiful everyone…God bless all of you.
I think maybe it's primarily about honesty. And the Zen koan-like depth of the story hinges on the ambiguous relationship honesty has with pride and humility.
Because it takes a lot of pride to be honest. To think you could look Evil straight in the eye and remain intact. To think you could shoulder raw truth. "The strength of a person's spirit would then be measured by how much 'truth' he could tolerate"—Nietzsche.
Honesty could be said to be a form of bravery, and bravery said to be a form of pride.
It's heretical, but a lot of Jesus's actions could be described as a little prideful. He's the perfect man, like Job... almost. There remains a kernel of pride. He gets along pretty well until he too is broken. They both lament. But because they were honest about their brokenness, to admit: I am in pain, they were able to transform and be reborn.
It's a new covenant. That if you are honest, you can transform your pride into humility. But you needed pride to begin with. It's the covenant that Viktor Frankl recapitulates. You fully acknowledge pain, brokenness, and injustice, and then you begin to see you aren't broken at all. You retain your ability to choose your attitude. You have the ability to shed your pride. But the mysterious thing is you needed a lot of pride in the first place to fully lose it, to transform it, and be reborn.
I like the idea that it was the strength of Job's honesty that incited God to give it a go himself, to seal this new covenant.
I think DC himself said this is why Pitești is so viscerally upsetting, and why the communists truly were worse than the fascists. Because it was an attempt to break that covenant, to deprive us of the right to choose.
And I'm not asking here for another episode. But...this thought has been on my mind, and not only on Holy Saturday: What was on Mary's mind after her Son was murdered? I don't think she spent the day after "Good" Friday preparing for the Easter celebration of Jesus's resurrection. What was she thinking?
Happy Easter Mr. Cooper! And let all the pharisees come out of the woods... Can't believe the level of sh*t that the machine has thrown at you!
Hope you had a blessed Easter Darryl.
Happy Easter DC
Anyone else in here just giggling unto themselves that only Darryl could drop an Easter recording and have years in between them, and we all flock to listen anyway?
God Bless, Darryl. Happy Easter to you and yours.
Does anyone remember which episode went into Darryl’s thoughts on Christianity and the Eucharist? I feel like it was one of the cannibalism episodes, but I just can’t remember.
#8, How to Serve Man, probably?
Thank you, Darryl. It was beautiful, and today would be a good day to hear it again.
❤️
Happy Easter Darryl. Many blessings to you and your family.
YESSSSSSS
I've never been religious, but I enjoy Darryl's digressions into Christianity. I read the Bible years ago, but never studied it. I just realized Darryl is basically my preacher. Happy Easter!
Happy Easter Darryl. Never forget your early fans have your back always.
Thank you for this. I would describe myself as a cultural Catholic. I wish this was the kind of material that was present to me growing up, because I actually think my faith would be stronger. I love my wife deeply however she was scarred by some more extreme baptist upringing. This was fine but now that we have children Im struggling to find ways to introduce them to Christ. The more I learn the more I think that religion is truly for adults and that we might be failing our kids by introducing them to Christianity too early. Truly struggling with this tonight especially.
Thank you though Darryl! Happy Easter!
We drove to Butte to eat as a family and listened to your original Easter message. I complained to my wife that you haven’t done another one. We came back out and saw the second one waiting for us for the ride back home. These are the best Easter messages I have heard all day today.
Forgive me if I’m being naive, but I remember a men’s group study years ago in which we studied the book of Job and we debated the chronological placement of it in the Old Testament. I guess that I always assumed it was out of place in the order of the other books without giving that thought any research to back it up. Your remark about the last time God spoke with man in the Hebrew Bible was with Job, really got my mind spinning again on this question. When and who is the author?
Great addition/addendum to the Job episode, which has always been one of my favorites. Thanks DC. Hope Easter was beautiful everyone…God bless all of you.
I think maybe it's primarily about honesty. And the Zen koan-like depth of the story hinges on the ambiguous relationship honesty has with pride and humility.
Because it takes a lot of pride to be honest. To think you could look Evil straight in the eye and remain intact. To think you could shoulder raw truth. "The strength of a person's spirit would then be measured by how much 'truth' he could tolerate"—Nietzsche.
Honesty could be said to be a form of bravery, and bravery said to be a form of pride.
It's heretical, but a lot of Jesus's actions could be described as a little prideful. He's the perfect man, like Job... almost. There remains a kernel of pride. He gets along pretty well until he too is broken. They both lament. But because they were honest about their brokenness, to admit: I am in pain, they were able to transform and be reborn.
It's a new covenant. That if you are honest, you can transform your pride into humility. But you needed pride to begin with. It's the covenant that Viktor Frankl recapitulates. You fully acknowledge pain, brokenness, and injustice, and then you begin to see you aren't broken at all. You retain your ability to choose your attitude. You have the ability to shed your pride. But the mysterious thing is you needed a lot of pride in the first place to fully lose it, to transform it, and be reborn.
I like the idea that it was the strength of Job's honesty that incited God to give it a go himself, to seal this new covenant.
I think DC himself said this is why Pitești is so viscerally upsetting, and why the communists truly were worse than the fascists. Because it was an attempt to break that covenant, to deprive us of the right to choose.
I'll get to this Darryl. A lot in the queue.
And I'm not asking here for another episode. But...this thought has been on my mind, and not only on Holy Saturday: What was on Mary's mind after her Son was murdered? I don't think she spent the day after "Good" Friday preparing for the Easter celebration of Jesus's resurrection. What was she thinking?