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Teaching Experiment: Earthquakes 1
Just as an exercise, I wanted to share some of my education in the mechanics of earthquakes. I’ve never seen it offered anywhere else this way, particularly in public education. It seems it always has big gaps in it, so … Continue reading
No Apology; Nobody Listening
There’s a lot of noise about defending Western Civilization as Christian. It’s not Christian, of course, but Western Civ has provided the platform for hijacking the label “Christian.” None of these scholars defending Western Civ wants to explain how a … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Mysticism, gospel, Hellenism, prophecy, western christianity, western civilization
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Extravagance Is Not Shalom
Cruising the Christian News sites, I see the current big money items. 1. Vanity toys: Can you take him seriously? I prayed for a bicycle, and before that a used car for my working wife. That doesn’t make me holier, … Continue reading
Sandy Trails
Took a ride yesterday to one of my favorite prayer chapels, the mouth of Crutcho Creek where it empties into the North Canadian River. Given the cold weather and lack of moisture, the river is way down, still cradling patches … Continue reading
Sermon on the Mount 16
Just Ask 7:7-11 First, we must establish that ask-seek-knock are ancient common images of prayer and worship in Hebrew culture. In this context it should be painfully obvious we aren’t talking about mere hedonistic comforts. The whole point here is … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged feudalism, the Covenant of Moses, worship
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Giving Stuff Away
I do this every time I have more than I can use. Typically it goes okay when I use Craigslist, but I thought I might try it here on the blog. These are free and I’ll ship anywhere in the … Continue reading
Another Unpleasant Burden
Our rejection of Western epistemology isn’t absolute; we reject the primacy of Aristotelian logic. We grasp the common standards of reason and logic. We use it ourselves, but we insist that it has limited application. Our reality is far bigger … Continue reading
Posted in prophecy
Tagged epistemology, government, oppression, propaganda, revelation, tribulation
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Another Case of Mass Hypnosis
If you fear that you have too much to lose, then you have nothing to gain. Think about the countries the US treats as enemies. The two biggest “threats” (Russia and China) have something the US does not: Neither of … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged economics, foreign relations, government, oppression, politics, propaganda
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Secrecy Lies
Let’s explore another value shift: secrecy. In the Bible, secrecy is a valid tactic, but is immoral as a strategy. That is, you can deny your enemy knowledge of the facts of your tactical plan, but you cannot hide from … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged Biblical Mysticism, communion, epistemology, faith, Garden of Eden, philosophy, propositional truth, redemption, western epistemology
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A Shift in Values
Some of our biggest challenges arise from overcoming bad conditioning. Our society has an obsession with “saving time” — by which is implied not wasting something that is precious and hard to get. There are a whole raft of assumptions … Continue reading