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Divine Tolerance
If you take yourself too seriously, you cannot follow Christ. Holy Cynicism is not dismissive of humanity, but of human motivations. When we keep in mind that this entire universe is a deception, locked under the Curse of the Fall, … Continue reading
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Tagged cynicism, government, human nature, intellect, military, mission, mysticism, oppression, propaganda, spirituality
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Virtually Connected
(More on the peculiarities of this ministry.) We are held together by a most gossamer thread. So far as I know, none of the members have met in the flesh. A handful of us chat through services like Facebook. A … Continue reading
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Tagged internet, mission, mysticism, spirituality, virtual church, writing
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Party Like Heaven Came Down
The Holy Spirit is my publicity agent. My message here has little appeal to mainstream Christian believers as a whole. They are not my target audience. It’s not that nothing I write has anything to teach them. On the contrary; … Continue reading
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Tagged Holy Spirit, ministry, mission, mysticism, virtual parish, writing
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Making Room in the Heart
To compromise is human; to forgive is divine. One of the most pernicious effects of Western logic is imputing to God a perfectionist ethic. This is blasphemous. His Law Covenants are loaded with compromise. Jesus noted that Moses permitted divorce, … Continue reading
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Tagged mission, moral fabric, mysticism, spirituality
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Mission Support Stuff
First, I’ve got a prayer request. After struggling with repairing our Jeep, we still have some trouble. It randomly stalls out and won’t restart until some cooling off. I’ve checked with experienced Jeep gurus and it comes down to stuff … Continue reading
Divine Sense of Humor: Dominant English
English is hardly the best language to arise from human intellectual chaos, but it’s the one I know best. Part of that knowledge includes a lot of study in etymology and chasing out the roots through other variations in the … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, divine revelation, languages, mission, moral justice, mysticism, scripture, writing
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Go Forth
On the one hand, I hesitate. Having been through the meatgrinder on religion and the vast ocean of misunderstanding I had to swim through to find peace on the gentle shores, I don’t want others to face that. Every step … Continue reading
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Tagged assumptions, evangelism, mission, mysticism, psychology, religion, spirituality
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The Pastor and His Religion
What have we here? The whole idea behind using parables is that there is some overlap between the concrete, literal meaning of the words and something beyond words indicated by the terminology. This blog is the ephemeral touch point for … Continue reading
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Tagged internet, mainstream religion, ministry, mission, parish pastor, religion, spirituality, virtual parish
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Threat Assessment 1
Two fundamental elements: (1) We are otherworldly in our focus and (2) we are determined to obey our calling regardless of the worldly results. Like most things I write, I can tell when it’s bigger than a single post, but … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, gospel, government, mainstream churches, mission, mysticism, oppression, Political activism
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