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Forgive
The issue of forgiveness has long been pickled in lies. Western Christians struggle against the unconscious Anglo-Saxon world view, the dreary world of Beowulf. All the attempts to brighten things with affirmations and positive celebrations still reflects the merriment of … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Anglo-Saxon, Beowulf, mysticism, psychology, Satan, scripture, spirituality, theology, Western Christian mythology, western christianity
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Politics Is Death
We have no stake in the politics of this world. We have nothing to gain by using political force, even when it’s truly popular and democratic in nature. Rallying the troops is utterly inimical to Christ. The church was never … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged ancient hebrew culture, church history, difference between religion and spirituality, First Council of Nicea, Gentile churches, government, Hebrew Mysticism, history, intellect, mysticism, politics, scripture, spirituality
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Nicey-Nicey Is Not a Virtue
As Westerners, we simply cannot imagine the alien feel of Ancient Near Eastern (ANE) social interaction. The depth of perversion in our Western social mythology makes it nearly impossible to wade through the vast mountains of crap to see the … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civility, civilization, culture, mysticism, propaganda, social mythology, western biases
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Job 26
Most Western readers will not understand what happens here. Eastern philosophers typically skip over a great deal of explanation that they would consider obvious. Bildad’s short speech was true as far as it went. The problem is he carries it … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, epistemology, intellect, Job, mysticism, parable, philosophy, scripture
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A Virtual Religion
I perceive a need to better organize the religious purpose of my leadership ministry. Some of you are familiar with my static website (gone as of 2020). While this blog will remain my virtual office, the site will become the … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged internet, mysticism, religion, spirituality, virtual church, virtual religion
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The Law Is Grace
Western Christians typically say things like, “Words mean something.” Words are not truth, nor even containers of truth. Words are, at best, mere signs pointing out a path that brings you to God. God is truth. All truth is God’s … Continue reading
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Tagged covenants, divine justice, divine revelation, epistemology, Law and Grace, Law Covenants, mysticism, scripture, spirituality, western christianity, western christians
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Oppression Is Futile
It’s not that resistance if futile, but it serves no valid purpose. That is, if you accept the revelation of Jehovah, you would realize resistance as a political principle is serving a different god. Given that most Christians read a … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, government, internet, mysticism, oppression, psychology, resistance, spirituality
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Unreliable Reality
Up until that moment, we had been friends. Let’s face it folks: She was homely as mud pie. But she was a senior NCO in the unit’s command staff, and her influence was felt in every life attached to that … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged ANE, civilization, family, government bureaucracy, military, mysticism
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I’m Tech Support
This is an exercise in mirror reading. There is no social group for me. I’m an alien in virtually every human context, in part because I am “not of this world” (Romans 12:2) — Even among my fellow Christians, I … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, ministry, mission, mysticism, philosophy, psychology, social context, spirituality, tech support, technology, virtual world
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Connecting Ancient Dots
The sheer arrogance of the insular modern Western mind makes the Devil giggle. It flows from the essential nature of the Fall, of the “boastful pride of life” elsewhere called “hubris.” We stole from the Greco-Roman Civilization all the things … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civilization, divine justice, family, government, mysticism, Nebuchadnezzar, scripture
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