Category Archives: eldercraft

Not Born-Again

Please don’t convert to my religion. One of the hardest things to explain is the perverted trap of Western mental habits enshrined in how language is used. I’m not the first person to notice the huge difference; I learned this … Continue reading →

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Our Sneaky Plan

Okay, it’s not sneaky if you tell everyone in advance. Then again, it will remain incomprehensible to anyone who doesn’t let their heart lead their minds. Changing anything in this world starts with the person in the mirror. That much … Continue reading →

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Lying Educational Standards

In the Bible, you face your Creator on His terms as a unique individual. You then walk in His Laws as a member of Creation and of your community. Should things work as they ought, you never stand alone after … Continue reading →

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Called to Glory

It starts with your sense of divine calling. Everything in this life that matters at all will arise from that call. We can characterize the broad range of human response to the divine call, but we could hardly find words … Continue reading →

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Cursing and Blessing

The image of the evil witch stirring a foul-smelling cauldron and uttering dark curses on a stormy night is entirely Western and entirely absent from Scripture. The foundation of all things in the Bible is recognizing the moral fabric of … Continue reading →

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The Real Normal

Revelation is inherently symbolic, non-literal parables. Do you suppose there might be a reason God’s first revelation to fallen mankind was to assert the truth of The Fall? That’s what that business of the Flaming Sword was about at the … Continue reading →

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The Lie of Normal

Sometimes I almost despair of explaining how radically different is the postmodern Western worldview versus that of the ancient Hebrew. We have two millennia of Christian history built on lies-in-effect because the words of Scripture are read through hostile alien … Continue reading →

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Anger: Ephesians 4:26

“Be angry and do not sin;” do not let the sun go down on your wrath. (Ephesians 4:26 NKJV) Context: Paul quotes from Psalm 4:4, but we would not consider it a direct quote. The Hebrew passage from David paints … Continue reading →

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The Niceness Lie

It’s peculiar to Western social mythology that we are supposed to be “nice.” While the actual definition is contextual and all over the map, we all have learned to recognize that undertone — “you’re supposed to be nice” — in … Continue reading →

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You Can Do This

Your heart knows. It senses, and then processes what it senses, always measuring things in terms of moral reality. Turn your heart to the Creator and you will discover that it is His character your heart senses in all things. … Continue reading →

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