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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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Psalm 53
This is quite similar to Psalm 14. While we can only guess, perhaps it’s appearance here in Book 2 simply means it was used in a different context, which would give it a different emphasis. We see it has a … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, divine revelation, heart-mind, King David, moral consciousness, Psalms
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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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Proverbs 9
Passages like this are the basis for the paradoxes Jesus often used: To him who has wisdom, more shall be given. The obvious point is a matter of human nature. The fundamental quality at issue here is moral sensitivity. When … Continue reading
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Tagged human nature, King Solomon, Lady Wisdom, moral consciousness, proverbs, wisdom literature
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A Proverb for Today
Speaking of proverbs… Context: The religion we teach here is non-Western. You knew that, right? To Westerners, that reads as “anti-Western” so I often use that term for the sake of “honesty” as Westerners view things. So, for example, we … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, epistemology, faith in God, moral consciousness, mysticism, nature, spirituality, western civilization
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Psalm 36
Hebrew scholars tell us that this psalm is distinctly in two parts. The first few verses are in very rugged Hebrew that grates on the ears, whereas the rest is quite smooth and sweet. This is how David emphasizes the … Continue reading
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Tagged divine mercy, Hebrew, moral consciousness, Psalms, scripture
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Broken Boundaries
Do you imagine that our common diseases today were absent from the Garden of Eden? If so, you would still be suffering from Western mythology. In the Hebrew culture, disease wasn’t some alien presence in nature. It was always there, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam and Eve, epistemology, health, human existence, human suffering, moral authority, moral boundaries, moral consciousness, mysticism, nature, peace
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The Parable of Malware
Western Civilization is malware. It is so complex and pervasive that most people mistake it for the operating system for human life on this planet. However, it is a huge mask over the real OS and it hands control of … Continue reading
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Tagged computer, evangelism, mission, moral consciousness, parable, psychology, religion, spirituality
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StT: 1 Corinthians 9:9
(Continuing with selections from Gospel Red Herring: Spiritualizing the Text.) Is it not amusing how quickly evangelical clergymen seize on something that lines their pockets? This is one place where they don’t seem to mind spiritualizing the text. Paul quotes … Continue reading