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A Christian Psychology of Loss
To Christian men: I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved … Continue reading
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Tagged mysticism, psychology, scripture
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When a Church Is a Business
The overlap between churches and businesses can be very entertaining during these hard economic times. First, let’s establish once and for all, I am wholly and completely unsympathetic to folks who somehow believe tangible property is important to Christian faith. … Continue reading
Emerging Liberalism
The so-called Postmodern cultural influence is simply another brand of progressivism with no particular goal at all. To be postmodern is grabbing at any excuse to attack conventional thinking. There is a masquerade of logic. When they bother, postmodernists claim … Continue reading
Our Mysticism Is Not As Their Mysticism
Mysticism includes a whole range of things, not simply the practice of Transcendental Meditation. There will always be movements within a larger whole of any demographic. The mere existence of a thing which can be labeled “a demographic” requires acknowledging … Continue reading
More Implications of the Fall
Inherent in the parabolic language of Scripture is the flexibility to cover lots of territory with the same narrative. A picture replaces a thousand words, but only if those words are reduced to clinical descriptions. If you are trying to … Continue reading
Hard Headed or Hard Hearted
The Bible differentiates between commitment and meanness. We call someone a hard-head if they tend not to listen to advice, or even to learn from the evidence which beats them upside the head. They aren’t evil, just don’t appear to … Continue reading
A Ruling Spirit
The barriers to the Hebraic grasp of spiritual matters are not hard to understand. Over the years during which I was trying to play the game in mainstream denominational Christian ministries, there were thousands of conversations about very fundamental issues … Continue reading
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Bible Line Friday
Challenge me! Post in the comments Bible text questions, difficult passages, questions about passages or internal conflicts, etc. This post will remain open to comments for as long as they keep appearing.
The Fall in Postmodern Western Terms
The Man and the Woman lived in Paradise. They were innocent; they had not yet departed from God’s revealed ways for them. The Tempter came into Paradise and spoke to the Woman. He asked her about all the resources in … Continue reading
Cultural Mythology and the Battle of the Sexes (Updated)
I am responding to this item posted at OfB where I am an Associate Editor. (In case you are wondering, that fancy title is little more than a cover by which I can wheedle vendors into giving me stuff for … Continue reading