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Divine Variables
As a teenager, I had an adult friend once who said, “I sometimes think I should just carry around a shotgun with my Bible. That way, when someone confesses Jesus as their Savior, I can just kill them right there … Continue reading
Posted in prophecy
Tagged ancient near east, divine revelation, epistemology, mysticism, psychology, scripture
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Job 12
Even in his anger, Job is more noble than his friends. Where they scold, he answers with sarcastic wit. Surely, these three men represent the pinnacle of human wisdom! When they die, humanity would be plunged into darkness. Job reminds … Continue reading
Warm Deception
More than once I’ve awakened to a pounding heart and the stinking sweat of terror. Not merely from some bad dream, not simply a too vivid movie scene in my memory, but the very real threat of death crawled through … Continue reading
Posted in prophecy
Tagged morality, mysticism, psychology, religion, scripture, spirituality, Two Realms
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Resume for the Network Age
You can’t hire me, but you can invoke my loyalty. On the one hand, we must comply with the laws of the land at least enough to fly under the radar. On the other hand, you must understand that I … Continue reading
Posted in personal
Tagged employment, fitness, moral boundaries, mysticism, personal loyalty, psychology
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Shepherd Instinct 3
Let’s move this to a practical exercise. The shepherd instinct is fundamentally embracing the calling God has placed on manhood itself. Learning about it requires deconstructing everything that perverts it. As my regular readers know, this sort of deep discernment … Continue reading
Posted in prophecy
Tagged ancient civilizations, government, mysticism, psychology, social sciences, society, spirituality, technology, western civilization
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Not Gonna Happen
My religion will never explode into popularity. Let’s pretend for a moment that my religious teachings took off, that somehow this stuff caught on and folks began flocking to Christian Mysticism. What would it look like? I’d first have to … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged christian mysticism, mysticism, peace, scripture, spirituality, western civilization
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Shepherd Instinct 2
Always be ready to walk away. In the previous lesson, we noted what happens when you are on your own turf. What happens when it’s not your turf? If the Lord does not deliver a situation into your hands, you … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged game, marriage, moral imperatives, mysticism, psychology, spirituality
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Shepherd Instinct 1
(I’m trying to organize a series of concise lessons about how to think like the ANE shepherd in opposition to any part of Western social mythology about manhood.) Don’t cave. Ever. Western Civilization has created the laziest men on earth. … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged game, marriage, mysticism, peace, psychology, resistance, scripture, spirituality
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Life, the Internet and Everything
If the Internet is your world, you are walking dead. Please understand that the Internet is not the only possible implementation of networking technology, and hardly the only means to giving life to the nascent Network Civilization. There are numerous … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged breaking point, civilization, culture, internet, mysticism, networking technology, religion, survival, technology
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Job 10
By default, fallen mankind justly owns the wrath of God. We deserve a short miserable life, a long and painful death and eternity in Hell. That’s the starting place. Anything short of that is a blessing or mercy. So the … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged Job, law, mysticism, psychology, scripture, spirituality
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