Tag Archives: history

Unpersuasive

I don’t write to persuade. People can use footnotes and facts to lie as easily as to support the truth, so there is nothing special about chasing down every reference. History isn’t objective; it is merely the narrative of the … Continue reading

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Marx, Strauss and Mass Manipulation

What do you say to a man born and raised on the East Coast who is a rabid fan of some West Coast football team? There are a lot more of such people than you might expect. Throughout history it … Continue reading

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The Value of Life

The questions we face in dealing with Westerners is the underlying mythology. While you could easily round up a bunch of them and get each one to profess a different set of moral values, all of them together will remain … Continue reading

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A Higher Power

Daniel 3: The Hebrews in Nebuchadnezzar’s Furnace Ancient Hebrew culture was contemplative. You were supposed to read or hear something and think about it, extrapolating and expanding on it. You were training the mind to obey something much higher than … Continue reading

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Job 30

In contrast to Job’s previous state at the top of society, he is now below the bottom. The first few verses artistically blend the image of social outcasts with jackals. He starts by suggesting the best of such folks are … Continue reading

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The Law of Context

As humans, we cannot function without context. It’s a critical task in the stages of development that we gain some kind of context. Descartes’ thought experiment was a prime example of delusion; you cannot start with nothing when you already … Continue reading

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Mission Persistence

I teach that there is nothing significant humans can do to affect the choice, timing and process of spiritual birth in themselves or others. That’s about as close as we can come to explaining what’s really going on with individual … Continue reading

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Politics Is Death

We have no stake in the politics of this world. We have nothing to gain by using political force, even when it’s truly popular and democratic in nature. Rallying the troops is utterly inimical to Christ. The church was never … Continue reading

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Job 21

Job finally gets around to a direct contradiction of the trio, while at the same time pointing out the subtle blasphemy of their words. The first few verses are surprisingly terse. He begins by asking that they console him by … Continue reading

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The Spirit of Giving a Break

Take a break from the routine and let me give you a break from routine abuse. We all know Jesus wasn’t born this time of year. We all know the Hebrew people gave little emphasis to birthdays in the first … Continue reading

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