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Pastoral Psychology and the Heart 06
Dominion is love and vice versa. A critical difference between the Ancient Near East (ANE) and the West is that in the former, even slaves were regarded as having some dignity. It arises from the way the ANE approaches life … Continue reading
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Tagged feudalism, moral dominion, shalom, shepherd role
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Pastoral Psychology and the Heart 05
If you filled your memory with the knowledge about God, you would still not know Him. If you explored the entire universe and could analyze every detail, and all cause and effect, you would still not know reality. If you … Continue reading
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Tagged Creation, epistemology, human intelligence, knowledge of God, reality
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Pastoral Psychology and the Heart 04
Moral truth was firmly established before Creation. The fatal flaw in choosing the Forbidden Fruit is that the human intellect is utterly incapable of being objective. Reason leading to objective truth is just a myth. Inevitably the traffic feeding into … Continue reading
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Tagged conscience, conscious awareness, convictions, Creation, heart, psychology
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Pastoral Psychology and the Heart 03
Making a deity of any part of yourself is a poor substitute for reaching out to eternity. Some of you may have heard of B.F. Skinner and his theory that human personality is nothing more than the net result of … Continue reading
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Tagged convictions, cultural anthropology, faith, Garden of Eden, heart, intellect, psychology, scripture, spiritual birth, the Fall
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Pastoral Psychology and the Heart 02
The issue is building out the ego without building it up. This image is another of those parables, because the human ego has no physical dimensions. However, we are aware of people whose ego has become monumentally large. To some … Continue reading
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Pastoral Psychology and the Heart 01
Radix Fidem is the name of our covenant and our religion. As long as I’m alive, this will never be formalized into a government approved tax-free denomination. You are a member if you think you are and you try to … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden of Eden, heart-led, pastoral counseling, psychology, Two Realms
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On Variable Reality
The actual truth cannot be put into words; we can only present it as parable. Your heart can discern things the mind cannot, and an active heart-centered focus will protect your mind from it’s own inherent weaknesses. This is why … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient magic, epistemology, miracles, reality
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He Enjoys Our Company
Faith is a question of perception, getting your head lined up with your convictions. The fallen fleshly nature rejects the leadership of revelation. By design, we have the volitional means to overcome the resistance of the flesh. We have within … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, divine revelation, evangelism, flaming sword, Garden of Eden, moral perception, redemption, the Fall
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Faith Is Faith
Let’s clarify something: What we here at Kiln of the Soul call “heart-led” is synonymous with genuine faith. The problem is that most Christians use the word “faith” with a different meaning, different from what we mean and different from … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Mysticism, convictions, epistemology, faith, heart-led, western christianity
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What Does It Say?
I’m not going to tell you there’s no place for showmanship. When the mission of glorifying God requires drawing attention to your physical presence, then do so. However, this is not the norm. How many times have we been told … Continue reading