Monthly Archives: September 2013

HOWTO: Intergenerational Conflict

The conflict between generations is peculiar to the West. Fundamental to God’s moral character, as man can know it, is social stability. Fallen human nature fights it tooth and nail, but when we cling to God’s moral laws, we find … Continue reading

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Biblical Evangelism (Continued)

It is a peculiar Western obsession to worry about going to Heaven. People in the Old Testament didn’t talk much about going to Heaven. It’s not as if they didn’t know about it. Granted, a large percentage of the uneducated … Continue reading

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Biblical Evangelism

Apparently, someone needs this message again. First, let’s stop approaching this from from the Western viewpoint. See it from the Hebrew mind of Christ. Jesus was by no means a Western man and Western thinking is hostile to His message. … Continue reading

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False Enemies

“For we wrestle not with flesh and blood…” I remember when the thundering herd of bikers came to drown out the Phelps gang protesting a local church. It was both heartening and sad at the same time. The Phelps’ church … Continue reading

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Programming for Failure

America has been following a concerted plan to destroy itself. We begin with the fundamental moral statement of God’s Law Covenants: Social stability is an end in itself. The single greatest factor in moral reasoning is asking if something afflicts … Continue reading

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Lord, Heal Our Lands

You might be surprised what it means when you make that prayer — “Lord, heal our land.” The whole thing is cached within the Hebrew intellectual tradition. It goes all the way back to the Covenant of Noah, with references … Continue reading

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Published: The Laptop Oracles

This is a rewrite of the original series with a whole lot of new material added, some of it a rework of several posts here. It’s nothing new to regular readers, really, but you can get your free copy here.

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The Power of Transparency

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” This is a distinctly Hebrew concept, though it is recognized in other cultures. In Hebrew intellectual traditions, the heart is the seat of the will, the seat of your … Continue reading

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Job 6

Job addresses his friends together as if they had all agreed with the words of Eliphaz. What kind of arrogance is it that dismisses the suffering of another simply because one feels no pain? Job begins by reasserting that this … Continue reading

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Moral Transparency Online

Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: You cannot have privacy online. It’s the nature of the beast. Sure, you can encrypt and make it difficult, but that’s about the same as any lock on any door — it only keeps … Continue reading

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