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Character Is Holiness
Oklahoma is where I was born, and where I live now. In the southwestern part of our state, the streams and rivers run clear; everywhere else they run shades of dark red mostly. In the southwest corner of our state, … Continue reading
The Senseless Debate
The ongoing debate between atheists and Christians is really a waste of time for Christians. Perhaps I should refine that some. There are all sorts of issues being debated. For example, the matter of whether it is possible to have … Continue reading
Mind Trap
A mind like a steel trap is not ruled by the Spirit. Recall the principle of Spiritual Anthropology. For those whose spirits are alive, it is utterly necessary those spirits rule the mind. While it is possible for a sharp … Continue reading
Danger in Dominionism
There is a very dangerous and heretical movement attaching itself mainstream evangelical Christianity, particularly in America: Dominionism. Regular readers know how much I despise Aristotelian epistemology as the foundation for trying to understand the Bible. It breeds a literalist mindset … Continue reading
Rendering Unto Molech
In ancient Palestine, prior to the Conquest by Israel in roughly 1400 BC, there had arisen among the native Canaanites an appalling pagan religion devoted to a god called Molech. The name itself means “king” more or less. The idol … Continue reading
Fixing Demonology
Wiping away the false demonology of Western Christianity, we can start fresh with a clear understanding rooted in God’s ancient revelation. Satan and his fallen angels are outnumbered two-to-one. The Apostle John took pains to declare this in the symbolic … Continue reading
Broken Demonology
The inherent failures of Western Systematic Theology are most evident in Demonology. In the first place, Systematic Theology is scarcely induced to recognize the divine, so it should be no surprise it handles demons poorly. They do appear in Scripture … Continue reading
Theology Is a Human Effort
A hallmark of Western Christianity is Systematic Theology. The whole idea was stolen from the Pharisees, who were Westernized when they embraced Hellenistic rationalism, and departed utterly from their ancient Hebrew intellectual roots. Anyone with a bit of classical education … Continue reading
Step Outside to See In
Our intervention in Libya makes more sense when you understand who is in charge of what we are doing there. For the Christian Mystic, to be truly objective about the world requires a position external to it. The third pillar … Continue reading
Forget Theory; Simply Observe
The most important thing you can ever do is learn the very tight limits of theory in human behavior, and learn observation instead. It’s a tough call. You get an awful big boatload of material on human behavior claiming a … Continue reading