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Baptists and The False Dichotomy
I’m going to pick on Baptists because I was one and know all the ugly details first-hand. I was a party to some of the propaganda battles, much to my shame. I noted in my series on The Cult that … Continue reading
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Tagged church history, divine revelation, epistemology, heart-mind, oklahoma baptist university, Southern Baptists, spirituality
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The Cult, Part 2
Throughout recorded history, Jews have had a tough time with everyone else. That the rabbinate became Hellenized does not mean they were Hellenic. I refer to it often as a bastardized intellectual shift because it is not exactly a full … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, hebrew prophets, history, intellect, Israel, oppression, philosophy, propaganda, scripture
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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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Peace versus Absolutism
If this life is all you have, then absolutism makes perfect sense. Just over two years ago I wrote Contextual Justice and it’s been getting a lot of hits lately. I’d like to restate the message in different terms: You … Continue reading
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Tagged absolutes, absolutism, divine justice, epistemology, God's character, mysticism, parable, peace, philosophy, spirituality
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Not a Movement
One of the things I confront often enough is the unconscious expectation that the religion of Radix Fidem could become a movement of some sort. That expectation is part of the activist urge that traps people’s minds, in the sense … Continue reading
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Tagged christian activism, epistemology, intellect, internet, mysticism, nature, propaganda, radix fidem, religion, spirituality, Western Christian mythology, writing
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The Logic of Radix Fidem
(See the “Radix Fidem” tab above for an explanation of the label.) The mystical mind need not be impractical. I just wanted to offer a quick review for all the new subscribers to this blog. One of our biggest problems … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, epistemology, heart-mind, intellect, jesus parables, logic, mysticism, scripture, Western, western civilization
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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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Shepherd of Hearts
I tread the lush green pastures of God’s provision. He calls me to His mountains and teaches me how to make the wild waters run still so others can drink. I had no ambition to do any of this, but … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, epistemology, heart-mind, mysticism, nature, sensory heart, spirituality, True Shepherd of Souls
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Moral Clarity Cannot Be Objective
If you can understand the Ancient Near Eastern intellectual context of the Bible, then you easily realize that the Scripture aims to present God’s moral character. That it may also reveal a little about history and other types of data … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, divine revelation, epistemology, intellect, moral truth, mysticism, philosophy, politics, religion
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Serene to the End: Apostle John
Mainstream scholars are pretty sure John published the Apocalypse around 95 AD. Given what we know of the man, it’s a fair bet most of it was already burned into his awareness at least two decades before. Keep in mind, … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle John, Apostle Paul, epistemology, gnostic heresies, government, historical context of the bible, jesus the man, Judaizers, Pharisaical Hellenism, Pharisee, western christianity
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