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Here It Comes (Updated)
Just a quick note for astute regular readers: Holy Cynicism Time. On a busy weekend night when folks were likely out celebrating Valentine’s Day, the NYTimes reports a story about bank hacking that saw major losses that could rise to … Continue reading
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Tagged banking, crime, economics, government, internet, oppression, technology
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My Cup Runneth Over
Put on your subtlety hat and let your mind chase the implications. Last night a six-pack of patrol cars gathered around a house near here. The law officers milled around outside the place until the Medical Examiner showed up. A … Continue reading
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Tagged browsers, computers, fundamental mission, internet, peace, writing
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What Are You?
Welcome to the real world with all the real people. Even without a formal doctrine of the Fall, we have no trouble seeing that humanity is broken. However, Scripture points out that this broken condition cannot be fixed on our … Continue reading
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Tagged moral character, mysticism, oppression, peace, psychology, religion, social mythology, spirituality, theology, Western society
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How?
There is no single answer for all of us, but perhaps I can help you serve the Lord better by asking decent questions. I have often said we make a mistake by trying to differentiate between what we presume to … Continue reading
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Tagged fellow believers, mysticism, psychology, religion, sacrificial love, social mythology, spirituality
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The Religion Matrix
We need faith that is stirred, not shaken. It’s not about having wise answers; you should have your own. Permit me to ask some questions I hope are useful in stirring your faith. Virtually all of the work done in … Continue reading
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Tagged internet, mission, religion, resistance, social sciences, technology
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Broken Boundaries
Do you imagine that our common diseases today were absent from the Garden of Eden? If so, you would still be suffering from Western mythology. In the Hebrew culture, disease wasn’t some alien presence in nature. It was always there, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam and Eve, epistemology, health, human existence, human suffering, moral authority, moral boundaries, moral consciousness, mysticism, nature, peace
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Show and Tell
Taste and see that the LORD is good! How blessed is the one who takes shelter in him! (Psalm 34:8 NET) Today was my annual checkup at the VA hospital. They use a multi-function machine for all the vital signs. … Continue reading
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Tagged communion, fellowship, religion, spirituality
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The Parable of Malware
Western Civilization is malware. It is so complex and pervasive that most people mistake it for the operating system for human life on this planet. However, it is a huge mask over the real OS and it hands control of … Continue reading
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Tagged computer, evangelism, mission, moral consciousness, parable, psychology, religion, spirituality
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Judaizers Have Many Names
Somebody figured it out a very long time ago: The best slave is the one who thinks they are in Heaven. Westerners struggle to comprehend a value system that puts people above property. Our society even treats life as property … Continue reading
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Tagged aristotelian logic, epistemology, propaganda, religion, scripture, western christianity
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Pastoral Note on Mission and Tribulation
For those of you who regard yourselves as members of this virtual parish: There will be — must be — a meat space component to this ministry sooner or later. It is the one career for which I am best … Continue reading
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Tagged mission, mysticism, pastoral care, politics, religion, social context, spirituality
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