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Soul Seeds: Soul Seeds

Why did Jesus teach in parables? Even when it was easy enough to state things in more common terms, He insisted on using parables. His disciples were puzzled and oddly, in response to a parable about parables, asked why. “Behold, … Continue reading

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Ancient Truth: Background Notes

I’m not sure where I will end up putting this just now, but there is a thread of understanding missing from virtually every commentary and Bible study I’ve ever read. The Four Gospels don’t directly state the Old Covenant is … Continue reading

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Observations Along the Path

Perhaps some of these merit longer comment, but not right now. Advertisers are too focused on the end product to notice how bad they are doing. All the more so in the coming Network Civilization. Think in terms of time … Continue reading

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Soul Seeds: Not in Shadow

John presented a side of Jesus the other three Gospel writers did not cover well. Their works had long been published when John filled in the gaps by telling things from a different angle. Rather than sketch out the life … Continue reading

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Dancing Corpses

First, the standard disclaimer: I am no activist of any stripe, and thus not a member of the Liberty Movement or anything similar. I am an observer. While I am sympathetic to some of the ideals, I was sure America … Continue reading

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Soul Seeds: Kingdom to Come

One of the most interesting debates among Protestant theologians today is whether the term “Kingdom of God” or “Kingdom of Heaven” applies to something we live with now, something coming later at Christ’s return, or something including both. Sometimes it’s … Continue reading

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Soul Seeds: Never Satisfied

The story of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) may not be a parable, but an actual piece of history. Jesus tells it in a style quite different from parables, and its meaning is so very bluntly clear: Rich … Continue reading

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Ancient Truth: Status Update

Mark has been updated; you can see the results starting here (site gone). I’m about half-way through Luke today. It’s beginning to look like I’ll have more than 150 pages as a Word file for the manuscript. TMOC has been … Continue reading

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Soul Seeds: Confidence Games

Scholars tell us the Hebrew language has some 800 root words, and all the rest are combinations of those few. They also tell us the Hebrew language was very visual, and was used to evoke emotions with that imagery. We … Continue reading

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Intuitions of Wars

What follows is not prophecy; it’s simply intuition. We’ve known for a few weeks the US is now totally unhappy with the rebels in Syria. It appears they’ve been losing pretty badly, so we had some Stinger missiles sort of … Continue reading

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