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Progress: Energy
I noticed yesterday how my whole leg often retains fluid so that it’s visibly fatter than the other. So I began working on avoiding situations that promoted that kind of swelling. For example, when sitting at my computer I cannot … Continue reading
Ditch the Systematic Theology
“What must I do to be saved?” We see this question from the Philippian Jailer in Acts 16:30. The question itself arose from Greek culture. It became a figure of speech, so the actual meaning varies with the context. It … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, faith, heart-mind, hebrew literature, intellect, moral discernment, mysticism, philosophy, scripture, theology, western civilization
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Tech Talk: Can’t Get It
This morning I was cruising a news site. Right in the middle of reading different articles on the site, it suddenly stopped responding. I checked first at Down for Just Me?, a site that checks whether the server on the … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, internet, networking technology, open access
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Suffering Is Your Ally
From my study notes on 2 Corinthians 1: It seems unfortunate we translate the Greek word (paraklesis) simply as "comfort" in English, because the typical associations with that word miss the point. The Greek word is both the invocation of … Continue reading
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Tagged mysticism, otherworldly, scripture, tribulation
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It’s Always the Product
Reading through the stories on Christian news sites is really depressing. Back when I went to teacher’s college in the 1990s, there was this trendy nonsense: “It’s process, not product.” When some of the professors started saying that about our … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, mainstream christianity, mainstream media, politics, propaganda, religion
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Duty to Deceive
First, a little context: faith = convictions = heart-mind moral discernment. We’ve had two millennia of people abusing the word “faith” to mean an intellectual body of belief plus the actions arising from such belief. It goes back to that … Continue reading
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Tagged bureaucracy, epistemology, heart-mind, intellect, mysticism, politics, propaganda, religion, war, western civilization
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Factions and Sects
After the initial opening in 1 Corinthians 1, Paul immediately jumps into condemning sectarian divisions in verse 10 and following. It’s not hard to understand. The Corinthians detected intellectual variations in how the different apostles taught and preached. And why … Continue reading
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Tagged heart-mind, intellect, moral discernment, religion, scripture, worldliness
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Psalm 102
This is a siege prayer. Whether the occasion is a literal siege matters not; there are many contexts that feel just the same — there is no where to turn for escape from the sorrow, and nothing to occupy the … Continue reading
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Tagged mission, penitence, Psalms, revelation, sorrow, tribulation
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