Category Archives: prophecy

Contextual Justice

If nothing else, Solomon’s Ecclesiastes warns that you cannot put God in your logical box. It amuses me to no end how many Christian teachers say words to that effect, then promptly turn around and proceed trying to make God … Continue reading

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Ancient Justice

God’s Justice bears little resemblance to the moral assumptions of most Westerners. Western justice is a hodgepodge of Roman, Greek and Tribal German morals. There is a semblance of tempering it with cold logic. However, the fundamental world outlook — … Continue reading

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Otherworldly Treasures

“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in … Continue reading

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The Myth of Material Progress

You can ignore the moral laws of God all you like, but they don’t go away. If you ignore them and build a science of prosperity based merely on what humans can perceive and reason about, you will inevitably find … Continue reading

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None Righteous

“There is no one righteous, not even one.” (Romans 3:10 NET, quoting Psalm 14) The human race is fallen. The most basic demand from God after the Flood was for Noah to institute social constraints on human behavior. Men were … Continue reading

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Eve Was Deceived

References: Genesis 3:14-19; 1 Timothy 2:9-15 If you want to call God a misogynist, feel free. He’s not too concerned with your opinions and reasoning, especially if you are a sucker for the mythology of feminism. Human nature has not … Continue reading

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Untangling Activist Logic

Activist logic does not even qualify as decent Aristotelian logic. In order to reject the primacy of Aristotelian epistemology, I first had to understand it to some degree. This didn’t come as some dreamy longing for swords and sorcery. It … Continue reading

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Kindness Needs No Reason

Reason gets in the way of a lot of godly things. Kindness is a command. It is a motivation unto itself in the sense it seeks no particular outcome. If we tie things to outcome, we fail God completely. Seeking … Continue reading

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The Wisdom of Solomon

Spoiler alert: I’m going to explain how the book of Ecclesiastes turns out, while our weekly study will continue running for a couple of months. First, a little context. Solomon took the throne rather like a big fish in a … Continue reading

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Christian Political Propaganda

I really do wish I could remember all the details. At the time I was one of them, and it never occurred to me to wonder if I was being manipulated. They considered me talented enough to have potential in … Continue reading

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