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Reviewing Darkness 01
Let’s take a fresh look at the Dark Side, shall we? Take a moment to refocus your awareness in your heart-mind. Get a good grip on the moral anchorage of your convictions, because we need to face some stormy truth. … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged ancient civilizations, ANE, heart-mind, history, intellect, intellectual culture, Satan, scripture
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The Communion of Tribulation
In some ways, there is no going back. This is why I warn readers that, while we do have an obligation to understand the Ancient Near Eastern culture so that we can understand the Bible, we cannot go back and … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged ANE, communion, computer technology, fellowship, heart-mind, photography, tribulation
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Conditional Physics
I felt that this didn’t fit in the pulpit because it’s didactic, more a question of fundamental philosophical approach. Western Christianity tends to push God out into the spooky unknown. God is “knowable” only in the sense of propositional statements … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, culture, heart-mind, moral truth, mysticism, objective reality, propaganda, science, Western Christian mythology, western civilization
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Only What’s In Your Hands
I’m posting this late in the evening because I had to let it percolate into my soul all day before I knew what to say. This is an issue of biblical justice, not doctrine. Indeed, the whole thing rests squarely … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged ANE, divine justice, economics, government, Noah's Covenant, oppression, propaganda, prophecy, scripture
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Anti-Activism
It’s a question of dominion. You and I are permitted to take assertive action only within the boundaries of covenant. When it comes to social and political issues, the prevailing applicable covenant is Noah’s. We could easily get lost hashing … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, covenant, Covenant of Noah, faith, heart-mind, moral discernment, mysticism, otherworldly, western civilization
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Psalm 104
This is another of those soaring lyrical songs that is impossible to summarize. What may not be obvious is that we have ample examples from other cultures across the whole region and in different millennia of the Ancient Near East … Continue reading
Keep It in the Heart
The Ancient Near East in general, and the Hebrew people in particular, bore an ancient legacy of the heart-mind. While it’s obvious not everyone was heart-led, it is also obvious that Scripture took seriously the existence of the heart-mind as … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, faith, heart-led, law, moral discernment, mysticism, Pharisaism, religion, scripture
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Ditch the Systematic Theology
“What must I do to be saved?” We see this question from the Philippian Jailer in Acts 16:30. The question itself arose from Greek culture. It became a figure of speech, so the actual meaning varies with the context. It … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, faith, heart-mind, hebrew literature, intellect, moral discernment, mysticism, philosophy, scripture, theology, western civilization
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Heart-led Parables
Our mysticism is not as their mysticism. One of the most confusing things we deal with is a vast legacy of Western-style mysticism. The Western version remains cerebral; it does not target a heart-led understanding. Instead, there is some nebulous … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, mysticism, parable, philosophy, scripture, symbolic logic, western intellectual heritage
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