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Bits and Pieces 12
Gardening sucks this year. At least six times we’ve had to cover the plants from late and even later freezes. Eight times we’ve had to cover them from hail damage. They are too big to cover now. Because of the … Continue reading
Defined by Morality
Morality and Justice are the roughly equivalent terms in the Kingdom of God. It is the divine imperative, not in the sense so much of laws as a divine gift from God. He offers to fallen mankind the opportunity to … Continue reading
Morality Defines All Things
Morality is defined as obedience to God’s revelation regarding things in this life. It is living in this fallen world according to a divine understanding of what’s wrong and what’s right, but it assumes an understanding that is higher than … Continue reading
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Ecclesiastes 4
Solomon continues his theme that human wisdom without revelation is confusion and madness. He next points out that, as bad as life is without the Word of God, it can only get worse when you consider how humans interact, or … Continue reading
Moral Intelligence
You can get a degree in all kinds of things, but it seems no institute of higher learning recognizes any need to develop moral intelligence. When you examine any particular issue in light of moral truth, it changes all the … Continue reading
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Truth Seizes a Few
Whether you seek it consciously or not, truth will seize only a few at a time. That’s pretty much the meaning of the twin parables of the Found Treasure and the Pearl of Great Price (Matthew 13:44-46). The other point … Continue reading
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Poison People
There are some people you cannot help. I rode my bicycle on the bike path. As I approached the cutout for a street crossing, he carefully pulled his small pickup against the curb, blocking the path. I could have ridden … Continue reading
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Tagged moral perception, mysticism, peace, psychology
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Annoyance Is Not Sin
The repercussions of the Fall reach far and wide. If you met me in person, you might not enjoy my company. I have strange habits and my motivations perplex almost anyone deeply infected with Western reasoning. It’s quite possible my … Continue reading
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This War We Can Fight
The consequences of cyber warfare are wholly different from fighting in meat space. Yes, there can be knock-on consequences into meat space, but that would be true of any human activity. I am not against violence, per se; I’m against … Continue reading
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Waiting Is Work
If I knew what it was, I’d probably mess things up. I’m waiting. I don’t know what for, but I’m waiting. Whatever it is hasn’t come yet. The biblical concept of time is ripeness. The proper attitude is that there … Continue reading