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Non-Goal Oriented
Stay with me here while we untangle several things. Put on your quantum thinking cap so you can handle multiple levels of consideration at once. Westerners in general tend to false dichotomies. This is part of the package that comes … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civilization, intellect, mysticism, philosophy, psychology, radix fidem, spirituality
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Truth Is Alive
Western culture cannot bear the concept that Truth is a Person. It’s just another name for God; it remains anchored in His being. “For the Word of God is living and active…” There will be no patriarch, pope or bishop … Continue reading
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Tagged mysticism, Network Civilization, radix fidem, religion, spirituality, virtual parish
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Psalm 51
A psalm by David, this refers to events narrated in 2 Samuel 11-12. That story has it all: adultery, murder and scandal. We struggle to understand a biblical morality that is so foreign to Western instincts. Because of our longstanding … Continue reading
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Tagged call to repentance, divine justice, divine mercy, hebrew poetry, King David, Psalms
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Proverbs 12
We start to see a number of proverbs that appear little more than statements of obvious fact. These are most likely figures of speech meant to apply quite broadly as parables of something deeper. 1. Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge; … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, figures of speech, proverbs, scripture, wisdom literature
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Heart: Awake and Clear
We have two concerns when we study how the Hebrew and other ANE cultures took seriously the heart as a superior intelligence. First, we have a massive barrier in the form of Western Civilization. It’s not enough that the West … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, aristotelian logic, civilization, epistemology, Hebrew language, mysticism, philosophy, quantum reasoning, scripture, sensory heart, spirituality, western civilization, Western mythology
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Online Privacy Site
Recently stumbled across this very aggressive online user privacy and security site: Better Web Browsing. It’s part of the RiseUp thing rooted in Seattle, generally leftist. While I’ve not done any detailed research on them, I’m sure you can find … Continue reading
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Tagged browsers, compsec, networking technology, online privacy and security, politics, software
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Proverbs 11 (Part 2)
16. A gracious woman keeps honor, and the strong keep riches. This one is a little ambiguous and often mistranslated. The image is not a contrast between men and women, but a woman who either acts like a lady or … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, proverbs, scripture, wisdom literature
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Proverbs 11 (Part 1)
(This chapter in Proverbs is a little long with my commentary, so I won’t burden you with more than the first half. We’ll cover the second half later.) We begin to see a more frequent grouping of proverbs by common … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, moral character, proverbs, righteousness, scripture, wisdom literature
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