Threshold Alpha
In the Beginning
Before thought, encounter.
Before analysis, the Word.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
— John 1:1
Where TheoLogicAI Begins
These are the opening words of both Genesis (in its Greek translation) and John’s Gospel.
In the beginning.
Before philosophy questioned reality.
Before theology systematized doctrine.
Before Athens met Jerusalem in dialogue.
There was this claim:
The Word entered the world.
What This Project Explores
- Plato’s Cave
- Aristotelian virtue
- Stoic resilience
- Existential doubt
- The deepest questions humans have asked
All held in rigorous dialogue between philosophical inquiry and Christian faith.
But we do not begin with arguments.
We do not begin with explanations.
Where We Begin Instead (Encounter)
Christian theology begins with encounter.
Not abstraction.
Not analysis.
Not doctrine first.
Encounter.
This is Threshold Alpha — a contemplative pause before intellectual work begins.
A moment of attending to the opening claim that makes all dialogue between Athens and Jerusalem possible.
Alpha → Omega Frame
This threshold marks the Alpha of our journey —
the theological beginning that grounds everything else.
One day, we will arrive at the Omega:
“Behold, I am making all things new.”
Between these bookends —
between Genesis and Revelation,
between Athens and Jerusalem —
we explore how ancient wisdom traditions speak to the questions that define human existence.
What Comes Next
What follows is a sequence of studies —
each paired with guided AI encounters —
moving deliberately through philosophy and theology in dialogue.
You are free to begin where you wish.
Or to leave and return later.