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Duty to Deceive
First, a little context: faith = convictions = heart-mind moral discernment. We’ve had two millennia of people abusing the word “faith” to mean an intellectual body of belief plus the actions arising from such belief. It goes back to that … Continue reading
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Tagged bureaucracy, epistemology, heart-mind, intellect, mysticism, politics, propaganda, religion, war, western civilization
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Reviewing Paul’s Letters
I’m currently working back through my book on Paul’s Letters, updating and clarifying some things. A couple of items stick out. Sovereignty — It’s not Calvinism. Calvin was hardly the first to notice that God is sovereign; Luther wrote a … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Paul, New Testament, propaganda, writing
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Realm without Words
What can I tell you? I don’t want meaning. I want peace and faith. I want a connection to the Creator so that I can discern His character directly in Creation. What my mind can make of these things is … Continue reading
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Tagged heart-mind, intellect, languages, mysticism, spirituality
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The Beast
I honestly believe that the standard bureaucratic hive-mind is the single best manifestation of the Beast in John’s Apocalypse. It works best if you envision the bureaucratic hive-mind as a beast, not a person. There are people involved, but no … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle John, government bureaucracy, harlot church, politics, revelation, riding the beast, scripture
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People Who Want to Hear
My son drove me to the VA yesterday and accompanied me to the various appointments scheduled that day. As you might expect, a hospital like the OKC VA Medical Center is loaded with atypical people. These are not your average … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, christian mysticism, evangelism, religion
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Heart-led Therapy
Sister Christine reminded me of something easily forgotten in the midst of all the churning in and out of the VA hospital: I still need to be outside. What drove me out in the first place to get hurt still … Continue reading
Answering 03: Flavoring Matters
There is a tension that is not easily resolved here. I look back over my own personal journey and I’m embarrassed — at times painfully so — at things I thought and said even just a few years ago. I’ll … Continue reading
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A Series on Answering
I think I’m through with writing books for awhile. I’m not through with writing and teaching, and I’m not through with publishing Bible studies as books, but I can’t find any drive to pull together any more big studies on … Continue reading
For Mankind, Not By Men
On a human level, it has been overwhelming. Nothing hinders God from redeeming souls; that whole issue is firmly under His control. The context of this discussion never included a worry that folks would end up in Hell because of … Continue reading
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The Fallacy of Activism
This is a postscript to Institutionalized Cowardice. I apologize in advance for the length, but I hunger and thirst for your freedom from deception. A major element in my enthusiasm for Glennon’s work is that it removed some mental blocks … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, government, government bureaucracy, heart-mind, internet, moral discernment, peace, propaganda, psychology, resistance
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