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Sermon on the Mount 3
The Last Measure — Matthew 5:17-20 Everything about this passage hangs on how you understand Matthew’s choice of the Greek word for “fulfill” (pleroo play-rah’-oh) in verse 17. Once again, let’s remind ourselves that there are two primary issues behind … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Biblical Mysticism, Judaism, law, legalism, the Covenant of Moses
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HOWTO: Forgiveness
I suppose for some folks it’s just not obvious enough. We are all born in sin. If you try to reason about culpability, you’ll never understand. Rather, you start from the understanding that your human nature is broken — for … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged adultery, covenant, divine justice, divine mercy, forgiveness, heart-mind, human nature, Jesus Christ, law, legalism, mysticism, Pharisaical Hellenism, revelation, social stability, spirituality
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Trust and Reliance
Get ready, because here it comes. It’s established in our US laws that our national motto is “In God We Trust.” You see it on our currency and in other places. Despite SJW whining, it is the law of the … Continue reading
Posted in globalism, sanity
Tagged Biblical Mysticism, epistemology, government, law, Law Covenants, legalism, oppression, propaganda
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Job 8
Now it’s Bildad’s turn to get it wrong. He continues pressing the false dichotomy and worse. Bildad begins with less courtesy than Eliphaz, suggesting Job is a windbag. His rhetorical question misses the point. This is not a matter of … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, divine revelation, human tradition, intellectual traditions, legalism, scripture
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Job 6
Job addresses his friends together as if they had all agreed with the words of Eliphaz. What kind of arrogance is it that dismisses the suffering of another simply because one feels no pain? Job begins by reasserting that this … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, legalism, moral intelligence, mysticism, religion
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Mysticism Notes 1
Mysticism is the assumption your mind is neither capable of handling everything, nor even the most important things, but that some other faculty in a higher realm must be the center of ultimate decision making. Law is for the flesh. … Continue reading
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Tagged government, law, legalism, moral imperative, moral purity, mysticism, pirate software, resistance, scripture
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