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The Power of Not Caring
Very few people in this world have what it takes to stand alone — this, despite a cultural mythology admiring and promoting it. Indeed, such stand-alone individuals are usually broken in some way. It’s not the norm. The Bible assumes … Continue reading
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Tagged communion, covenant community of faith, fellowship, heart-led, heart-mind, oppression, politics
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The Nature of Gnosis
Let’s take a quick dip into Bible history. Some of you may know that Jewish Hellenism was the source of great evil in the Hebrew nation, essentially disemboweling the Hebrew mysticism of the Old Testament religion. This had gone on … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible History, gnostic heresies, heart-led, human wisdom, Jesus Christ, Judaizers, Kabbalistic Orthodox Jews, Pharisaical Hellenism
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Don’t Build; Discover
Brother Jay recently wrote about the movie, Blade Runner 2049. It’s been garnering a lot of attention due to it’s attempt to raise questions about reality and what it means to be human. I’m not likely to see the movie … Continue reading
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Styling the Shepherd
Consider the first few chapters in Genesis. Think about it from a Hebrew mystical point of view. On the one hand, it’s plain that Creation is just a typical expression of God’s divine personality and character. We learn to think: … Continue reading
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Tagged communion, Creation, faithful stewards, Garden of Eden, Jesus Christ, miracles of Jesus, the Fall
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You Get What You Ask For
There’s a lot of economics posturing out there, and the noise gets louder as things get more difficult. That is, it gets loudest when one special interest or another isn’t happy with their share of the loot. Something you need … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, economic theory, extended family, feudalism, political theory
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‘Tis the Season
Some you may remember I’ve mentioned my old post about Life Church being the single greatest traffic draw on this blog. It still is; that post five years ago still gets more hits than any other single post. As you … Continue reading
Glory Behind Walls
I hope you take the time to read Christine’s post Managing the “Ick” Factor. For me it was a good reminder and good timing. As we descend farther into this time of tribulation, there will be a whole raft of … Continue reading
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Tagged evangelism, heart-led, moral boundaries, moral discernment, personal boundaries, psychology, tribulation
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Refresh: Symbols and Rituals
On the one hand, the symbols are just that — symbols. They are not the thing itself. The key to mysticism is that we believe our current “reality” is just one huge deception. There are glimpses of ultimate reality and … Continue reading
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Still Juicy and Sweet
Christine is on a roll; her third installment in the series on understanding the heart-led way discusses gates and filters in our human perception. I would reinforce her statement that such things are simply a part of us, but that … Continue reading
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Tagged heart-led, otherworldly, psychology
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