Monthly Archives: October 2015

Called to Glory

It starts with your sense of divine calling. Everything in this life that matters at all will arise from that call. We can characterize the broad range of human response to the divine call, but we could hardly find words … Continue reading

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Psalm 72

Had you never read Solomon’s writing in the context of the broader Hebrew Wisdom Literature, you might mistake this for a smug self-congratulation. Rather, this is typical of the way Solomon writes, not in some description of real events, but … Continue reading

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Moving Update

To my virtual parish: Your virtual pastor has seen God’s hand move in mighty ways this past week and I am nearly speechless. The mobile home sold and in a week or so we should be absolved of all legal … Continue reading

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Watching Politics

Genuinely good people have no interest in ruling the lives of others. All political candidates bear some flavor of moral evil. As I’ve pointed out all too often, our current system of government, and our entire civilization as a whole, … Continue reading

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Legal Excuse

Just a short one this time: No human legal system is equivalent to morality. It is never more than a pitiful compromise between competing demands. Companies like Yes Communities will use the laws as an excuse for some of the … Continue reading

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Yes Means No, Part 3

Adios, “No!” Management. Unlike you folks, I keep my word. I said I would get out of your hair and I’m almost there. In the next month or so I’ll be living somewhere else. In the future, at every possible … Continue reading

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Lying Political and Economic Theories

Take a look at all the various political and economic theories currently promoted. Contrast that with what God said in His revelation. Sure, you can read any of the current theories back into the Bible and get whatever you like. … Continue reading

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Cursing and Blessing

The image of the evil witch stirring a foul-smelling cauldron and uttering dark curses on a stormy night is entirely Western and entirely absent from Scripture. The foundation of all things in the Bible is recognizing the moral fabric of … Continue reading

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The Real Normal

Revelation is inherently symbolic, non-literal parables. Do you suppose there might be a reason God’s first revelation to fallen mankind was to assert the truth of The Fall? That’s what that business of the Flaming Sword was about at the … Continue reading

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The Lie of Normal

Sometimes I almost despair of explaining how radically different is the postmodern Western worldview versus that of the ancient Hebrew. We have two millennia of Christian history built on lies-in-effect because the words of Scripture are read through hostile alien … Continue reading

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