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Invest in Eternity
It’s revolutionary, and I am hardly the first to suggest it: Don’t invest with a material calculus, but in moral terms. Literally, not merely as a figure of speech — switch to an entirely different form of reckoning. Put that … Continue reading
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Tagged divine heritage, economics, law, moral consciousness, mysticism, natural processes, spiritual family, spirituality, spreadsheet
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Meta-religion and the Reformation
We bother studying history and other social sciences so we can more intelligently recognize how we got where we are today, and contrast that against where God said we should be. We are then in a better position to plot … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian religion, church history, church politics, government, history, middle class, middle class culture, spirituality, The Reformation, theology
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Sunday Morning Chatter, August 2015
God morning! Come on in and have a cup of your favorite liquid stimulant while we chat. It’s hot outside these days, but we got a slight break in the temperatures. This allowed me to leave a little later in … Continue reading
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Tagged compsec, Draper Lake, geography, government, history, linux, Oklahoma City, public utilities, windows
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Psalm 61
Sometimes we have to shake our heads at how Western Bible scholars read so much literal meaning into poetic statements, and completely miss the grand mystical depth. So it is many commentators suggest David was off on a campaign far … Continue reading
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Tagged King David, mysticism, prayer, Psalms, spirituality, worship
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Virtual Virtue
The previous post shares my vision of virtual pastoring under a mystical religion. Contrary to the mythology of Western intellectual bias, this religion is intensely practical. It has to be; while anyone can absorb the teachings, the communion depends entirely … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, internet, meat space, religion, technology, virtual space, virtual world
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Not a Movement
One of the things I confront often enough is the unconscious expectation that the religion of Radix Fidem could become a movement of some sort. That expectation is part of the activist urge that traps people’s minds, in the sense … Continue reading
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Tagged christian activism, epistemology, intellect, internet, mysticism, nature, propaganda, radix fidem, religion, spirituality, Western Christian mythology, writing
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Virtual Communion and Witness
It’s a favorite theme of mine: Don’t take yourself too seriously. We are all for the most part simply along for the ride in God’s revelation of Himself. In His measureless mercy and grace, He allows us to participate in … Continue reading
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Tagged communion, divine revelation, evangelism, individual faith, internet, virtual space
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Not the Apocalypse, Part 3
It’s personal. You can’t make it otherwise. The very fabric of Creation itself is personal because that’s how God makes it and remakes it every day. It wasn’t made and then allowed to run on without Him; it continues only … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, computers, culture, democratization, evangelism, government, human existence, internet, mission, social sciences, spirituality, western civilization
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Not the Apocalypse, Part 2
Until relatively recent times, the ruling elite didn’t bother with most of the daily details of their subjects’ existence. With the rise of the middle class to political power, we see a matching rise in both nit-picking intrusion and a … Continue reading
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Tagged business, computer technology, middle class, social mythology
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Not the Apocalypse, Part 1
We don’t care whether it was the chicken or the egg that came first; it won’t make any difference on the moral plane. We know how it works here and now and mucking around with it only causes problems. God … Continue reading
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Tagged ministry, moral discernment, mysticism, social sciences, western civilization
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