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Ritual Abuse
When you claim it’s your religion to increase human suffering, it’s a demonic cult. I’m not going to engage here in a long-winded analysis of the whole thing, but it was a fresh wound on my soul and I must … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, heart-mind, moral discernment, religion, western civilization
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A Sacrifice
I have made choices while deeply absorbed into a world of moral folly. Consequently, my choices were foolish, taking place outside the boundaries of my calling and covenant with Christ. Some of them resulted in permanent changes that I never … Continue reading
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Tagged Creation, heart-mind, mission, moral discernment, mysticism, otherworldly, spirituality, the Fall, western civilization
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Love Is the Law
I behold the face of my beloved. I seriously doubt you would find it aesthetically pleasing, but you haven’t spent a lifetime in her love, so I can forgive you for that. But I’m willing to bet you would understand … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant, divine justice, divine revelation, grace, law, mercy, scripture, spirituality
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Defacto ANE Family
The original first churches under the leadership of Jesus’ disciples were defacto Hebrew families. Consider the historical cultural context. The Hebrew people lived under ANE feudalism. Their immediate government was their family, and any higher political power was obliged to … Continue reading
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Calm Down
This is your elder/pastor writing, the shepherd who loves you because God taught him how to love: You need to calm down. Okay, some of you need to calm down, or maybe you can try to help folks who aren’t … Continue reading
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Tagged bureaucracy, government, psychology, social sciences
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Mysticism and Trust Models
In Christian Mysticism, models for trust have no significance. It’s hard to break a system that doesn’t exist. Our “system” manifests here, but isn’t rooted here. By moving everything of importance into the moral sphere of the heart, human frailties … Continue reading
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Tagged mysticism, otherworldly, virtual parish
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Not Green
My favorite color is orange. While I’m like most humans with an aesthetic preference for blue (it has to do with the mechanics of vision in our eyes), I would rather wear orange. That’s because when I’m on my bike, … Continue reading
A Word for Men
The biggest problem is not so much what we do as it is how we abuse God’s wonderful gifts. As always, what follows assumes you have already recognized the grand failure of Western Civilization. As much as possible you must … Continue reading
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Tagged moral discernment, prophecy, psychology, sexual identity
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Answering 02: Two Realms
(This is a reblog linking back the other way, for once.) How do you explain it? In my mind there remain a handful of people who seemed to understand. They were on their own path and knew it, so I … Continue reading
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Tagged evangelism, mysticism, Two Realms
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Between the Lines
Sometimes I cruise the various Christian News sites. It’s always politics, just a peculiar voting block. Some of the most vicious and spiteful commentary on the planet shows up on those sites. The majority of them oppose Donald Trump. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged church politics, moral discernment, politics
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