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How Much in Charge?
I’m strictly hands-off on most things. Merely noting that the academic discipline of Comparative Civilizations is often a political boondoggle says so much about our Western Civilization. You would think that folks recognized there is no way to be truly … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civilization, government, history, human reason, intellect, oppression, philosophy, propaganda, psychology, western biases, western civilization
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Psalm 42
Here we begin Book 2 in the Psalms. The theme of this series, ending with Psalm 72, seems contentious among Western scholars. A common remark raises the issue that Book 1 used God’s personal name Yahweh more often, while Book … Continue reading
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Tagged history, human suffering, King David, Mount Hermon, Psalms, worship
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Proverbs 4
While we know that Solomon received his unprecedented wisdom as a gift from God at his first wedding (1 Kings 3), Solomon insists a part of his inclination for it came from his father, David. Thus, he reaffirms the critical … Continue reading
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Tagged history, King David, King Solomon, moral accountability, moral wisdom, wisdom literature
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Proverbs 2
To the untrained eye, this chapter seems almost pedantic. Solomon piles up the overlapping phrases again, trying to convince his readers that God is the source of all wisdom. Our problem in Western society is that we are so utterly … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical morality, history, human reason, law, moral wisdom, scripture, wisdom literature
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StT: 1 Corinthians 14:21
(We continue sampling from Gospel Red Herring: Spiritualizing the Text.) 1 Corinthians 14:21 It would be easy to get a rise out of the Neo-Pentecostals and Charismatics on what they consider their turf here. The Corinthians were excessively hedonistic and … Continue reading
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Tagged Charismatics, Corinthians, history, Paul, prophecy, prophet isaiah, scripture, speaking in tongues, spirituality
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Paint Your Own Picture
Don’t ape the particulars; strive for the essence. You and I cannot be genuinely Hebraic, nor should we desire it. The context of that era is long gone in human experience. The people who bore it naturally threw it away … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, ANE, civilization, culture, epistemology, history, human history, mysticism, scripture
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No Flash and Flourish
The greatest miracle of all is a change in your heart, followed by a change in your mind to obey your heart. If exposing our false notions of what to fear is one edge of the sword of truth, then … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, divine revelation, history, miracles of Jesus, propaganda, psychology, scripture
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Psalm 30
The text offers a dedication line that is to us rather mysterious, mentioning the dedication only of some “house.” However, given the dreadful context of the rest of the Psalm, associating it with 1 Chronicles 21 seems a good bet. … Continue reading