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Heart-led History Lesson
You won’t get this from the history books because those who write them don’t acknowledge the fundamental truth of our human existence. Do you get tired of hearing about this heart-led stuff? Then go away, because it is the ever-present … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Greco-Roman Civilization, heart-mind, historical context of the bible, history, war, western bias, western civilization
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Our Judge Jehovah
How do we apply divine justice to the events in our world? What shall we say when someone asks us, “Ain’t that awful?” Your only concern is what God calls you to do. Recall that Our Lord consistently portrays Himself … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, divine justice, God's glory, law, mysticism, scripture, spirituality
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Heaven, Hell and Here
This isn’t theology, as if God and His revelation could be subjected to human reason. This is doctrine in the sense of teaching that serves to characterize my limited understanding. Teaching is pulling down out of my heart the moral … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, conscious awareness, Hebrew Mysticism, mysticism, New Testament, scripture, spirituality, symbolic logic, western bias, western christianity, Western mythology
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The Cult, Part 1
There is a secretive cabal committed to enslaving humanity to their agenda. Try to understand that my use of the term “cult” here does not signal a discrete organization as we might typically expect from our cultural mythology. In fact, … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civilization, cult, divine revelation, epistemology, flaming sword, history, intellect, Israel, mysticism, philosophy, revelation, scripture
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Heartless and Perverse Society
Most folks don’t get quite what we mean by characterizing Western social mythology as bizarre. It has a thousand bogus and immoral features, but I’ll pick out one that seems to represent the worst of it: one-way attachment. In Ancient … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civilization, feudalism, heart-mind, sensory heart, social sciences, spirituality, western christianity, Western mythology, Western society
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Shepherd’s Complaint
Going back to the scattered fragments and passing references from the most ancient sources, we gain a rough outline of the primordial shepherd. Not so much as the one who owns and herds sheep, but as the head of household … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Church Admin, church history, church politics, extended family, head of household, human tradition, religion, social conditioning
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Psalm 62
David dedicates this song to Jeduthun, a man who served him as leader of a choir of musical priests with prophetic gifts. This psalm is built on the image of faithful retainer, a warlord serving some mighty sovereign. Whatever David … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, culture, hebrew poetry, King David, military, Psalms
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Death Is Just a Circumstance
The title is a catchphrase I’ve been using for years. It’s the kind of thing you say because you know that the words would never really capture the truth in the first place. Instead, you reach for a way to … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civilization, culture, epistemology, heart-mind, Jesus Christ, logic, mysticism, religion, revelation, scripture, spirituality, Western Christian mythology
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Oriented
In strictest terms, to “orient” oneself is to face the east as the place of the rising sun. It so happens that, in terms of fundamental assumptions about reality, we would do far better to face the Ancient Near East, … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civilization, culture, fundamental assumptions, Greco-Roman, human reason, moral accountability, mysticism, philosophy, spirituality, western civilization
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Heart-led Church
If you live a heart-led existence, you’ll probably recognize this as the truth. However, I’ll make mention that this follows Scripture, provided you grasp the uniquely Hebrew approach to language and thought as it applies to divine revelation. You’ll have … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, church, congregation, divine revelation, government, heart-mind, hebrew culture, Hebrew Scriptures, politics, radix fidem, Western Church History
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