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Arrogance of the Times
And with many other words he earnestly testified and exhorted, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.” (Acts 2:40 MKJV) Peter understood all too well. During that first sermon on the streets of Jerusalem after Pentecost, he warned his fellow … Continue reading
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This Is Not Our Fight
Hear the burden of the Spirit: This is not our fight. If we embrace the Enlightenment principles of morality, then a rabid involvement in politics is necessary. No one can deny this is the philosophy undergirding modern Western governments as … Continue reading
The Levirate Law
God’s Laws require keeping it all in family. In the Law of Moses is a provision which requires a man marry his childless brother’s widow and raise up children to claim that brother’s inheritance. If she already has children, it … Continue reading
Empty Noise Less Useful Than Wind
If it were merely the wind, it would at least serve a healthful purpose, but the world is full of noise which is less than useless. When I pass through the public sphere, listening to people yakking on cellphones, the … Continue reading
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Ideals and Norms in Micah
The study in Micah 4 touches on a couple of connected issues. First is ideals. We should have ideals, in the sense of something unreachable on this plane. Society needs something out of reach to which people aspire. People who … Continue reading
The Earth Beneath Your Feet
Where can you go when the ground itself won’t hold still? I know a young child, not yet school age but able to talk, after a fashion. That fashion frequently includes whining. The child is learning it from Mommy, who … Continue reading
Recapitulation: Summary of God's Laws
From time to time, the conversation seems to lose track of fundamentals. People make all sorts of mistaken assumptions and we end up talking pasts each other. Let me restate a quick summary of what I mean by God’s Laws … Continue reading
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ANE Renaissance
I’ll get stuff wrong; I always do. Despite my strong academic background in philosophy and antiquities, I’m sure I’ll die with lots of details in error. There’s a lot of research, but little of it is friendly. Most of the … Continue reading
Nobody Is Ready
The burden on my soul tonight is massive. Dependence in itself is not a sin, nor necessarily a symptom or result of sins. It’s what you do with your dependencies. In ancient times, righteous people would keep an eye out … Continue reading
Trust Is the Law
The word “faith” has been so abused, sometimes it’s better to use a synonym like “commitment”, “loyalty” or “trust”. It’s been my pleasure to work in the field of pastoral psychology for most of my adult life. It’s not so … Continue reading
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