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In Conformance with God's Laws

In the previous post, I hammered out the concept of social stability as clannish extended family household living. As always, physical DNA is far less important than spiritual DNA; the ritual symbolizes something above the human plane. The Laws of … Continue reading

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That Personal Touch

No other force among men on this earth can equal that of family bonds. No one is more influential on you than people close to you. What made Hitler so powerful? That faux family feeling. The allies who won WW1 … Continue reading

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The Failure of Pastoral Care

In my rebuke against most churches, one thing seems increasingly common: an utter lack of genuine pastoral involvement in broken lives. Let’s peel back the layers here. On the one hand, Scripture assumes a church stands to replace the lost … Continue reading

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Ruth 2

Naomi married into her husband’s clan. As an elderly widow, she remained a member of that clan. The area around Bethlehem at that time would have included a few peaceful outsiders, but almost everyone was kin. We have a hard … Continue reading

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The Levirate Law

God’s Laws require keeping it all in family. In the Law of Moses is a provision which requires a man marry his childless brother’s widow and raise up children to claim that brother’s inheritance. If she already has children, it … Continue reading

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Battling Your Boys

Review the fundamentals: We have a huge layer of mixed cultural mythology, running against a hidden undercurrent of predation taking advantage of the buried facts. Then, off in another realm entirely is the actual truth of hard-wired human nature. The … Continue reading

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The Trauma of Teenage Daughters

Humans are more instinctive, hard-wired, than most folks are prepared to admit. America in particular suffers from social schizophrenia about human nature. On the surface, we have a broad cultural mythology. Since it comes in several flavors, most people see … Continue reading

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Economic Equality Impossible

It is utterly impossible to have economic equality on any scale. That’s not because of the laws of economics, but because of the fallen nature of mankind. It is not possible for men to think their way to solutions which … Continue reading

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Hard Wired

Coming to terms with human flaws requires you put them all in the same basket, your flaws with those of others. My Dad was an abusive and hateful man. He came by it honestly, as both his parents were that … Continue reading

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Unholy Days

Holidays reveal the best and worst of humanity, but often more of the latter. Here in the US we celebrate something called Thanksgiving Day. It’s hardly what the label implies. The mythology taught in public institutions is tiresome. We aren’t … Continue reading

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