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Moving Update

To my virtual parish: Your virtual pastor has seen God’s hand move in mighty ways this past week and I am nearly speechless. The mobile home sold and in a week or so we should be absolved of all legal … Continue reading

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Immoral Collusion: Church-n-State

I’m not sure what to make of this — Churches Are Paying the Gov’t up to $100 a Month to Spy on Families! As one comment said, this is kind of the “hair-on-fire” stuff we see all the time. I … Continue reading

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Update on Dad 01

I am grateful for those who have prayed with me about my Dad’s medical problems. Nobody will shame you if you take no interest in this subject, but for those who are curious, settle in for the long haul on … Continue reading

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Praying Divine Justice

God is willing to tweak things along the way as He executes His wider plans. For the most part, we have no clue, nor capacity to process clues, about God’s designs on the bigger picture of global human existence. However, … Continue reading

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Proverbs 17

The emphasis here is filial piety and personal loyalty. Shalom starts at home. 1. Better is a dry piece of bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with fighting. A literal rendering of the Hebrew would … Continue reading

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Gentle Heart

It’s a simple idea: Gentle is the opposite of brutal. Whenever I have encountered folks with a brutal streak, it boils down to a handful of things, sometimes in combination — self-righteousness, genuine hatred (rejoicing in someone else’s suffering), other … Continue reading

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The False Norse God

The sheikh of the clan expected it, could feel it coming. Some decision he made for the welfare of the whole family didn’t go as one of his nephews had hoped. The younger man came storming in and bellowed like … Continue reading

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 9

Chapter 9 — My Story God laid upon the family household the duty to provide children with a frame of reference, a structure that would include and enable a grasp of God’s moral Law. It’s a bias. To be human … Continue reading

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BLDJ: Chapter 5

(Serializing here the draft of my book, Biblical Law: Divine Justice.) 5. Property Unlike Western feudalism, where land was the primary object of ownership and the serfs simply belonged to the land same as animals, ANE feudalism is very personal … Continue reading

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BLDJ: Chapter 4

In essence, the Law of Noah is hard-wired into human nature. That is, the Law of Noah reflects what God revealed as the best way to live after the Fall. It would prevent the necessity of another global destruction of … Continue reading

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