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Heart Without Fear
It’s not enough to suggest that we fear too much or the wrong things. Our Western heritage includes a depth and kind of fear that is completely foreign to Scripture. Our programmed reactions to things includes a dark and sinister … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, epistemology, fear of the unknown, propaganda, psychology, scripture, Western heritage, Western mythology
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Moral Down Payment
Do you suppose the grass sang when His resurrected feet trod the ground of the garden where He had been buried? Given the recent months of teaching here, consider again what Paul says about Creation and the Fall: For the … Continue reading
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Tagged Creation, epistemology, moral consciousness, mysticism, peace, scripture, sensory heart, spirituality
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Scripture, Serenity and Sexual ID
Some of my readers still suffer from the effects of legalistic literalism in their education. Writing here on this blog, I often use certain terms loosely because of the necessities of parabolic language. I could nail down with precision that … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, divine revelation, epistemology, law, Law Covenants, propaganda, scripture, sexual identity, Western mythology
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Natural Justification
I can teach you something, but unless you use it, the teaching means nothing. It’s not enough to put the mind at rest about the logic of some particular problem and solution. The mind is not in charge, though it … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, materialism, mysticism, pastoral counselor, propaganda, psychology, scripture, Western mythology
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Living Treasury
Seek the potter and the fire, you lump of clay. In the Ancient Near East (ANE), the highest levels of scholarship might include as much science as they had at that time, but the bulk of research effort was in … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, ANE scholars, education, epistemology, intellect, mysticism, philosophy, religion, scripture, Western scholars, writing
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Wiser than Solomon
There’s nothing new under the sun, as Solomon wisely noted in the training manual for his royal staff (the Book of Ecclesiastes). I keep telling folks I’m not writing anything really new here. I’m just rehashing stuff from centuries ago. … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, government, intellect, mysticism, oppression, propaganda, spirituality
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Stealing Neutral
False dichotomy: What if you don’t accept either side of the story? When the Spirit of God nags you through your heart about something, you can never be sure what it’s about until your mind is properly trained. I’m still … Continue reading
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Tagged divine revelation, epistemology, false dichotomy, history israel, Israel, propaganda, scripture
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AI: How Bad Could It Be?
I have no doubt we shall be troubled greatly by whatever passes for Artificial Intelligence (AI). The term AI itself is ill-defined at best, but that’s not the point. We are developing machines capable of acting on some measure of … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, civilization, computers, epistemology, intellect, mysticism, science, Western mythology
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In Which the Gloves Come Off
Some of this is hyperbole, but you’ll have to work that out for yourself, because I am a radical, a total nut-case. You know, that English word drawn from the Latin radix, meaning “root” — as in, getting back to … Continue reading