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Epistemology: Miracles
In the Old Testament mystical epistemology, God rules all Creation. He works in Creation, could participate in it if He chose, but is certainly rooted in His Being outside of Creation. Thus, any “sign” from God could be no more … Continue reading
Questions of Epistemology
This post is a reference point for future discussions. I keep running into the issue of those unspoke assumptions which show up in debates. It’s bad enough when propagandists are trying to avoid stating rather obvious assumptions, but when no … Continue reading
Ritual of Foot Dust: Vox Popoli
This is a virtual ritual, because it references events entirely confined to cyberspace. I am a prophet of the God of the Bible. It wasn’t my idea. It’s a claim to divine authority, and the exercise of that authority rests … Continue reading
Parable of the Sandbox
He was master of his domain. None dared oppose him long; many had been sent away in derision. Not a few left flying through the air. He didn’t expect any to take his word for it, and openly derided their … Continue reading
The Weakness That Keeps on Blessing
The vagaries of DNA and life experiences leave us with an array of weaknesses and advantages. For the latter, we tend to run in two extremes. We either exult in our superiority, as if no other person can match it, … Continue reading
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Our Mysticism Is Not As Their Mysticism
Mysticism includes a whole range of things, not simply the practice of Transcendental Meditation. There will always be movements within a larger whole of any demographic. The mere existence of a thing which can be labeled “a demographic” requires acknowledging … Continue reading
A Ruling Spirit
The barriers to the Hebraic grasp of spiritual matters are not hard to understand. Over the years during which I was trying to play the game in mainstream denominational Christian ministries, there were thousands of conversations about very fundamental issues … Continue reading
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The Fall in Postmodern Western Terms
The Man and the Woman lived in Paradise. They were innocent; they had not yet departed from God’s revealed ways for them. The Tempter came into Paradise and spoke to the Woman. He asked her about all the resources in … Continue reading
The Boundaries of Sanity
There are some folks we cannot help. It is particularly hard for evangelical Christians to grasp this: There are times and places where you shake the dust off your sandals and move on down the road. There are people in … Continue reading
Radical Stability
radical (Latin: radix) The root, pertaining to the source or foundation of things; a political position which advocates removing everything and starting over. The word is typically used as an adjective suggesting dramatic and wholesale change in the current situation, … Continue reading