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Amateur Carpentry, Professional Humanity
About twenty years ago my father-in-law asked my help building a porch for his house. I didn’t agree with the design, nor the method of assembly, but out of respect I carried out his wishes. Because it was not treated … Continue reading
The Political Lesson from the Tower of Babel
Hebrew narrative was designed to offer one central theme, but provided enough threads to apply to several different areas. So while we draw spiritual and religious lessons from the Tower of Babel narrative, there is a distinct political message, too: … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, government, oppression, peace, war
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On the Virtue of Decentralized Power Structures
No one has any business poking about in your personal life who isn’t related by blood or covenant. Thus saith the Lord. This was His part of His intention in promulgating the Covenant of Noah, because the primary burden of … Continue reading
Step Outside to See In
Our intervention in Libya makes more sense when you understand who is in charge of what we are doing there. For the Christian Mystic, to be truly objective about the world requires a position external to it. The third pillar … Continue reading
Forget Theory; Simply Observe
The most important thing you can ever do is learn the very tight limits of theory in human behavior, and learn observation instead. It’s a tough call. You get an awful big boatload of material on human behavior claiming a … Continue reading
The Principle of Divine Trust
The shape of our world is not what God had in mind. We were made to be managers of Creation, with full authority over all things in this universe. We gave it away; we traded it for something which did … Continue reading
ANE Culture and the Place of Violence
We should not assume we understand violence the way it was understood in Scripture simply because we know how to use the word in modern English. The world today as we know it is not what God had in mind. … Continue reading
Why Western Civilization Has Failed
Western Civilization has sided with God’s enemies. You might think this deserves a book, but most who read this will already understand. All I’m doing is giving some words and mental shape to what we all know. Some of you … Continue reading
The Death of Convention and Orthodoxy
Adults are not herd creatures; children are. To the degree you embrace conformity, to that degree you have unfinished business in your process of maturation. A godly, spiritual society of mature humans would be nearly shapeless in its diversity and … Continue reading
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You May Be a Computer Elitist Snob
I love people. They are far more important to me than anything else on this plane of existence. When complete strangers ask me to help with their computers, I’m glad for the chance to do something good for another human. … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, linux, oppression, psychology
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