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Job 39
Is it so hard to imagine that God would speak to man in his own language? And is it so hard to imagine God would use a man’s own cultural images? Some cultures and languages do lend themselves much better … Continue reading
In the Eye of the Storm
This evening I’m going all the way back to my original purpose for this blog. I’m bursting; writing about it with the awareness others might read it will help me juggle with some added clarity. You could call this serious … Continue reading
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Tagged mission, mortality, spirit realm, spirituality
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Job 37
The literary purpose of Elihu’s final words here open the door to what God intends to say when He speaks about this whole thing. To see the whole point of all this, we take a moment to review how we … Continue reading
Sacrificial Instinct
We have a dozen words that could serve as synonyms for “love” in various contexts, but it is a testimony to the failure of Anglo-American culture that we still abuse the word with such ambiguity. We confuse it intentionally; we … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged Anglo-American culture, blogging, human intelligence, mortality, spirituality, writing
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Measured by the Cross
There’s a time and place in divine justice for failure. Who calls Jesus’ crucifixion a success? Sometimes it’s not a matter of winning, but of losing well. In some contexts, no single answer you can see is best. We are … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged divine justice, Jesus' crucifixion, mortality, mysticism, psychology, spirituality
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Job 36
Context is everything. To our Western eyes trained to read literally, this chapter could seem no different from what the trio said. However, Elihu has established already that he is not on their path. Thus, the same words in the … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged Elihu, epistemology, Job, mortality, mysticism, religion, spirituality
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Job 33
Elihu begins by noting he claims no special privilege or revelation. He appeals to Job as a fellow creature of God and does not accuse him of sin any worse than his own. Would Job listen to the words and … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, Job, mortality, mysticism, scripture, spirituality
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We Tribulate
Sure, I read the news. We are passing through a time of tribulation. Sometimes I’ll comment on developments here, but I don’t pretend to understand very much about it all. You are equally responsible to God for developing your own … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged coverup, Franklin Scandal, human vanity, moral consciousness, mortality, mysticism, propaganda, scripture, spirituality, TPTB
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