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Tool Shed 6

Despite my years of tinkering with Linux, I find the printing framework (CUPS) still lags what you can get on Windows or Mac. Most people might never notice the difference, but when I need something out of the ordinary, I … Continue reading →

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Obvious and Wrong

In the Kingdom of Heaven, good and evil are determined by the Spirit of God. That means we cannot rely on mere utility. It’s not in the nature of the thing, but in whether it serves the purpose of God’s … Continue reading →

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Another Milestone

The currency of the Spirit Realm is voluntary sacrifice of the flesh. By implication, it means rejecting this entire Fallen Realm as untrustworthy. It’s one thing to know all about this world and the mechanics; it’s another thing entirely to … Continue reading →

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Job 22

The debate sinks to the level of being preposterous. Eliphaz commits intellectual dishonesty to defend his untenable position. From the very start of this whole story, Eliphaz and his pals have perverted truth by pulling things out of context. Human … Continue reading →

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Network Age Economics

Once the Network Civilization has fully taken hold of humanity, much of what we now think of as economics will be forgotten. Not because people will be stupid, but the Net changes things and it is we who have failed … Continue reading →

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The Spiritual Battlefield

It’s not what you naturally expect. In our fallen state, we have an awful lot of trouble discerning the fundamental nature of reality. The single most common failure is refusing to grasp the nature of the Fall itself. Most humans … Continue reading →

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AI Predicting Mass Behavior

You’ve probably seen a movie or two in which the hook was using artificial intelligence (AI) to collate data on mass human behavior and predict how populations and even governments will react to various threats, etc. You’d have to be … Continue reading →

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Mission of Mercy

Your fundamental mission is always divine mercy. Anything you do is holy if your first desire is to please God. His justice and mercy are all one thing, impossible to comprehend for the human mind. Ill informed though we may … Continue reading →

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Signs of Life

Life sucks on this plane of existence. It’s not as if you can’t find glimmers of grace and mercy, but this world is damaged goods and will not be redeemed. English translations of Scripture routinely confuse things by the ambiguity … Continue reading →

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One Shepherd’s Style

You can’t pretend you are someone else for very long. Keeping secrets is dangerous, but keeping them from yourself is the most dangerous of all. I don’t want to know yours, but if my mission exposes me to secrets, I … Continue reading →

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