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Psalm 99
While this is another coronation song, it’s not something you read and them meditate. You should jump up, shout and sing, run around in circles and do cartwheels. We poorly grasp the kind of genuine enthusiasm that saw people do … Continue reading
Logical Odds and Ends
A couple of recent comments and some offline conversation seem to call for a fresh attempt to explain a couple of items. Ancient Near East (ANE) — We are not ANE. We harken back to that collection of civilizations because … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, divine revelation, education, human reason, logic, philosophy, western epistemology
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Bible History Note: Invasions
What we see in the Bible as historical narrative is hardly the only thing happening in those places at that time. There is a wealth of historical background that the writers assumed readers would know. They wrote for their own … Continue reading
Psalm 97
This is a coronation hymn for Jehovah as sovereign God over all Creation. It sounds exactly like what you might hear when a parade makes a ceremonial march before the ruler from the gate of the capital to the doors … Continue reading
The Urge to Torment
Sometimes it’s not enough to say it comes from Satan; in our culture that can serve to dismiss any number of horrible sins and leave us no way to uproot them from our own souls. The psychology of Christian Mysticism … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, bureaucracy, moral discernment, mysticism, psychology, Satan, The Cult, torture
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Answering Final: Otherworld
We come to the end of this series, and frankly some half of what I might have said in the first place shows up in the comments in reply to other comments. It occurs to me one point in particular … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, epistemology, intellect, languages, mysticism, psychology, science
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Answering 08: Forget the Results
A primary emphasis in ancient Hebrew language was to narrate an experience in vivid fashion so that the listener(s) could experience it for themselves on some level. While there is an obvious intent to sway the listener by adding a … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, culture, moral perception, mysticism, natural world, otherworldly, peace, propaganda, spirituality, western civilization
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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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Tagged ANE, church, moral discernment, scripture
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Answering 05: The Moral Sphere
You don’t have to take me seriously, but I am so confident in my message that I’m willing to stand alone against all of humanity at the same time. Insane or not, I assert without a hint of embarrassment that … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, comparative civilization, epistemology, moral fabric, psychology, western biases
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Answering 04: Radicals
We are more radical than radicals. The world “radical” implies a plan to cut things back to the very roots and try to grow a better crop the next time. What we do here in our parish is more like … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civilization, evangelism, mysticism, propaganda, psychology, scripture, spirituality, technology, western civilization
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