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Sampling Non-Western Christianity
HuffPo has a good one on some of the huge mistakes missionaries made with American Natives. Even today, most mission-sending agencies don’t deal with cultural distinctions well. Often, everything that does not fit into Euro-American ideas of “Christian culture” is … Continue reading
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Amos 9
When the Day of the Lord comes, nothing remains the same. His wrath falls upon sin and destroys it, along with all sinners who cling to it. His grace and mercy build up those who seek His glory. The final … Continue reading
Cross Post: It's About Truth
(This is was a cross post from my other blog, where it falls under the heading of “prophetcraft” — instructional material. It seems at this moment important enough to post here, too.) If I knew of a certainty no one … Continue reading
No Loyalty to This Realm
The Otherworldly Warrior has no real loyalties anywhere in this realm of existence. As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, I finished with an addenda attesting the one who operates from the Spirit Realm is not necessarily bound under the Laws … Continue reading
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You're On Your Own
For a Christian Mystic, not every question is so easily answered. I’m one who takes the Bible very seriously as a record of God’s revelation. It’s as much as anyone can really know intellectually about God, and all we are … Continue reading
Moral Fabric Scales Well
I assert there is a moral fabric running throughout the universe. It matters not whether your human eyes or human logic can see it. It works. I’m not so much offering proof here, as offering illustrations, to show how it … Continue reading
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Tell Me God Does Not Exist
Depending on how you define the terms of the debate, I might agree with the statement “God does not exist.” If your entire approach is Aristotelian (included as an element in Enlightenment, Post-Modernism and just about the entire basis of … Continue reading
Wildly Fruitful
So very much of life is symbolic of much deeper truths. I love fruit; it’s my favorite type of food. I’m quite fond of jams, preserves and jellies as a way to have fruit out of season. This is the … Continue reading
Epistemology: Miracles
In the Old Testament mystical epistemology, God rules all Creation. He works in Creation, could participate in it if He chose, but is certainly rooted in His Being outside of Creation. Thus, any “sign” from God could be no more … Continue reading
Prophecy and One Percenters
You won’t have to search long in the Old Testament to find condemnations against wealth disparities. The whole book of Amos is aimed at the ruling one-percenters of Samaria stomping the peasants. The upper classes were fat and sassy — … Continue reading