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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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StT: Take Two, They’re Small
(Today’s sample is a couple of short items from Gospel Red Herring: Spiritualizing the Text.) Hebrews 7:1-2 If you read this and the following passage literally, you cannot possibly comprehend where the author is going with this concept. While he … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged ancient hebrew culture, epistemology, literal meaning, Melchizedek, mysticism, Pharisaical Hellenism, scripture
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Divine Publicity Agent
We are not a gospel carnival side show. Let’s remind ourselves one more time how this religion works. Our whole reason for hanging around on this plane of existence is His glory. Everything in Creation is ripe for exploitation in … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged church, DIY Christianity, evangelism, law, mysticism, spirituality
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Vision Statement
I’ve composed what should serve as the vision statement for the anticipated meat space branch of this parish. You can read it here. It’s too long to post here on the blog and other items take priority. Steal my ideas, … Continue reading
Posted in administration
Tagged church, mysticism, religion, spirituality
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Pastoral Note on Mission and Tribulation
For those of you who regard yourselves as members of this virtual parish: There will be — must be — a meat space component to this ministry sooner or later. It is the one career for which I am best … Continue reading
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Tagged mission, mysticism, pastoral care, politics, religion, social context, spirituality
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Morality and Privacy
There is no mind so strong against manipulation as the mind which does not stand in its own strength, but is a second-class faculty that serves the heart. One of the things I pray for daily is a better moral … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged business, computers, google, government, mission, mysticism, oppression, peace, privacy, psychology, targeted advertising
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StT: Acts 8:32-33
(Another sample from Gospel Red Herring: Spiritualizing the Text.) In the prophetic literature of the Old Testament, Israel was characterized in many different ways. Sometimes as the land she occupied, or some of the fruit-bearing trees there, perhaps as a … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged human suffering, Israel, mission, mortality, mysticism, prophet isaiah, scripture
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StT: Acts 2:25-28
(Another sample from Gospel Red Herring: Spiritualizing the Text.) Acts 2:25-28 Peter continues his Pentecostal defense of the ecstatic behavior of the Christians in Jerusalem, this time quoting David from Psalm 16:8-11. Once again, it is the Old Testament writer … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew, epistemology, literal meaning, mysticism, Peter, Psalms, spirituality
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Oak Songs
The oak trees call out; they sing in the wind. They know my name and talk to me. As you might expect, they first tell me of the glory of the Lord. Then they tell me of pain and strength. … Continue reading
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Tagged divine mercy, mission, mysticism, oak trees, oppression, pastoral ministry, peace, spirituality, survival, tribulation
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