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A Critical Lesson of Job
Our lessons in Job will end soon enough. Most Western scholars miss the best parts because they refuse to consider Job from Job’s own cultural matrix. It’s not that I pretend to be such a grand expert, but that I … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant of moses, divine justice, epistemology, government, Jethro, Job, law, moral accountability, prophecy, scripture
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Lawful Grace; Graceful Law
Law is grace. Were it not for God’s fervent and determined favor toward us, there would be no revelation. Revelation has always been fundamentally addressed to humans where they stand in a fallen world and in fallen terms. The objective … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, jesus parables, law, mission, mysticism, scripture, spirituality
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Job 33
Elihu begins by noting he claims no special privilege or revelation. He appeals to Job as a fellow creature of God and does not accuse him of sin any worse than his own. Would Job listen to the words and … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, Job, mortality, mysticism, scripture, spirituality
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The Value of Life
The questions we face in dealing with Westerners is the underlying mythology. While you could easily round up a bunch of them and get each one to profess a different set of moral values, all of them together will remain … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civilization, divine justice, epistemology, government, history, law, moral values, mysticism, social mythology, Two Realms, Western mythology
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Job 31
Let’s recall that the early chapters state Job did not sin against God in his words. That doesn’t mean he was without error in the sense of how his words affected others. We recognize that the elder trio provoked him … Continue reading
Generic Post
It’s not as if I have nothing to say; I have too much to say. Unfortunately, most of it has been covered already. Something haunting me frequently these days is the constant confusion between human justice constructs and God’s divine … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, government, law, moral consciousness, revelation, secular society
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The Law Is Grace
Western Christians typically say things like, “Words mean something.” Words are not truth, nor even containers of truth. Words are, at best, mere signs pointing out a path that brings you to God. God is truth. All truth is God’s … Continue reading
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Tagged covenants, divine justice, divine revelation, epistemology, Law and Grace, Law Covenants, mysticism, scripture, spirituality, western christianity, western christians
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Job 24
God is not like mere men. It’s not as if you should expect Him to come around like a circuit riding judge with a seasonal schedule of visitation. So there are people out there who get away with moving survey … Continue reading
Connecting Ancient Dots
The sheer arrogance of the insular modern Western mind makes the Devil giggle. It flows from the essential nature of the Fall, of the “boastful pride of life” elsewhere called “hubris.” We stole from the Greco-Roman Civilization all the things … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civilization, divine justice, family, government, mysticism, Nebuchadnezzar, scripture
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Your Feelings; Your Problem
Human emotions are the most unreliable indicator this world can offer. Our single greatest moral duty is obeying divine justice. That moral justice does not include a duty to consider someone’s feelings. You have no duty at all to my … Continue reading
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Tagged civility, civilization, divine justice, epistemology, moral duty, psychology, scripture, social mythology, society, spirituality
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