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Unchained Vision, Part 2
If you can grasp the mystical image of reality to any degree, then it should be less of a struggle to handle what follows. You are the only person on this earth who can know in fullness God’s calling on … Continue reading
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Tagged human suffering, Modern Israel, Political activism, politics, The Cult, war, Zionism
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Progress
Just a quick update for those who are interested. The VA sent me home with Tylenol-3. I hate it, but the pain would be intolerable without it. After surgery there a lag between the time the anesthesia (“saddle block”) wore … Continue reading
Yes Means No, Part 3
Adios, “No!” Management. Unlike you folks, I keep my word. I said I would get out of your hair and I’m almost there. In the next month or so I’ll be living somewhere else. In the future, at every possible … Continue reading
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Tagged business, crime, human suffering, park manager, Yes Communities
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Psalm 70
We have seen these lines before, at the end of Psalm 40. Standing alone, the context is subtly different. As a simple and short call for God’s help, it speaks of someone who has little opportunity to compose a more … Continue reading
Psalm 69
Should you take the time to actually absorb the imagery here, it’s hard to imagine you would not be moved to tears at some of it. It’s quoted in the other parts of the Bible, verbally and in thought. David … Continue reading
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Tagged call to repentance, fallen nature, human suffering, King David, Psalms
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Psalm 57
In the header we learn this was written during the time David hid out in the Cave of Adullam, referring to events in 1 Samuel 22. At least one cave in that area offers a very large inner chamber after … Continue reading
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Tagged history israel, human suffering, King David, prayer, Psalms, wisdom literature, worship
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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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Tagged culture, family, heart-mind, human suffering, moral consciousness, propaganda, psychology, scripture, spirituality
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An Itch in the Moral Consciousness
The Cross was Christ’s greatest victory. I don’t need to dramatize the human suffering of Our Lord; God save us from people who gild the lily. But I wonder how much it cost Him to show compassion to Pilate? In … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, compassion, computers, Holocaust, human suffering, moral consciousness, Pilate, propaganda, quantum reasoning, war
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God’s Bow in the Clouds
“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, covenant, disasters, human suffering, Noah's Covenant, prayer, spirituality, technology, weather
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Psalm 44
Western scholars seem to be unsure whether the Sons of Korah wrote this or if it was simply dedicated to them. English translations vary on whether it is “by” or “for” them. Even more disturbing is the insinuation by Western … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, ANE, human suffering, Israel, Job, mysticism, Psalms, Western scholars
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