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Truth Is Just a Word

Over the years on this blog and in similar previous efforts, I’ve tried to explain the concept of Two Realms. I’m not the first. Well within our reach is the last chapter of the Lewis’s Narnia series of books, a … Continue reading

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One More Time: Epistemology Matters

Somehow I’ve got to find a clear and forceful statement to counter the evil intellectual slavery of minds practiced by Western churches. First, the bluntly stated thesis: If you do not seek to acquire the Hebrew intellectual understanding of reality, … Continue reading

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Job 26

Most Western readers will not understand what happens here. Eastern philosophers typically skip over a great deal of explanation that they would consider obvious. Bildad’s short speech was true as far as it went. The problem is he carries it … Continue reading

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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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I’m Tech Support

This is an exercise in mirror reading. There is no social group for me. I’m an alien in virtually every human context, in part because I am “not of this world” (Romans 12:2) — Even among my fellow Christians, I … Continue reading

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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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Job 23

You would almost think that Job simply ignores Eliphaz. Rather, he refuses to dignify such stupidity with a direct answer. Instead, Job rips the foundation out from under the lies. Job reexamines the facts. He asserts his suffering is great, … Continue reading

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Contagious Truth

The starting point is recognizing the failure of Western assumptions about truth. Truth is a Person; the notion of some objective thing out there that embodies pure truth is the greatest lie of Satan. The search for truth is inside … Continue reading

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Some Gifts Here

Merry Christmas. On the one hand, I would gladly suffer just about anything I can imagine if more people could see what I see in terms of moral truth. On the other hand, much of the moral power rests on … Continue reading

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Veiled Talk (Updated)

And so it winds down. You might suggest it is merely the changing seasons and drifting moods, but it’s far more, coming from someplace far deeper. It’s shaking the ground itself, the ground of reality. Some things wind down and … Continue reading

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