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Truth Seizes a Few

Whether you seek it consciously or not, truth will seize only a few at a time. That’s pretty much the meaning of the twin parables of the Found Treasure and the Pearl of Great Price (Matthew 13:44-46). The other point … Continue reading

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Of Truth and Angels 7

By lunch time the spectators began showing up. That is, lots of cameramen scattering across the city looking for advantageous locations, lots of people in expensive suits despite the late summer heat and a few extra policemen in groups talking … Continue reading

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Mythology of Self-control

Nothing is more comical than someone singing the praises of Western Civilization, when they evaluate it wholly from within Western values. Who would be surprised that Western Civilization is good at giving us what Western Civilization wants in the first … Continue reading

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Middling Presumption

Mysticism comes naturally for me. It was no great struggle to adopt the idea that material wealth isn’t that important; most of my life was in poverty. It’s not sour grapes, just a different experience. When you spend so much … Continue reading

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Of Children and Angels 5

They didn’t yet know where the breaking house was, and finding it wouldn’t be simple. Asking questions would likely cause the mission to abort and utterly fail to identify the carriers. They needed to catch the traffic bringing the kids … Continue reading

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Of Children and Angels 4

They packed that evening and left before dawn the next morning. Their hosts at the orchard insisted on Preston and Angie take the camping equipment with them. They spoke unconvincingly of letting them return the gear later. Preston had already … Continue reading

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Propositional Folly

It ain’t happening. I keep hoping people will understand when I attack Aristotelian epistemology and European tribal mythology. I keep hoping they’ll recognize all those unconscious assumptions about life, the universe and everything. I pray that they learn the very … Continue reading

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Myth of the Free Man

Modern Western society suffers from a myth regarding individual liberty. In one of my earliest papers on Hebrew thought, I noted “everyone serves someone.” It was not simply a spiritual statement but a moral principle. That is, in God’s Laws, … Continue reading

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Biblical Law on Abortion

The Spirit of the Lord has moved on me and I must now deliver. I have wrangled over this with friends for a few days, making sure I had considered it from different angles. Perhaps you could consider that as … Continue reading

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Fuzzy Hebrew Reasoning

This post is a response to some very good questions to my previous Righteous Activism. I may misunderstand the question, but let me answer what I believe is the question and we can work from there. God as my witness, … Continue reading

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