The patterns in stories appear as their underlying order and also as a mode of human consciousness. We can encounter the Divine Logos in ancient stories and see how these patterns culminate in the story of Christ.

This talk is a repost from the archive. It was given in Feb. 2017 at the Climacus Conference in Louisville Kentucky. The original audio was taken from Ancient Faith Radio: https://www.ancientfaith.com/

The thumbnail is based on a contemporary icon by Kostko Markovych.

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Timestamps: 00:00 – The world is made of stories 01:23 – How the invisible holds the visible together 03:49 – What makes something a story? 06:15 – Ad starts: God's Dog 3 07:10 – Ad ends: The universal pattern of stories 09:01 – How biblical stories hold the world together 10:37 – Moses and the pattern of the Tabernacle 13:13 – Christ as the Tabernacle encompassing the universe 15:22 – Patterns within patterns 18:03 – How the Old Testament points to Christ 19:50 – Cain and Abel as patterns of Christ 22:13 – The Eucharist reconciles opposing sacrifices 24:35 – Christ as the fulfilment of all stories 25:47 – The universal pattern of descent into the underworld 28:08 – Why similar myths don't disprove Christianity 30:33 – The Harrowing of Hades 32:50 – How Christ transforms the ancient pattern 35:29 – Seeing ancient myths through Christ 36:17 – How we encounter God in stories 37:51 – The danger of reducing Christ to our preferences 38:46 – Letting go of our limited image of Christ 40:13 – Encountering divine truth in unexpected places

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