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Emotional Devotions
The hardest thing for a Western Christian is separating emotion from Spirit. My single strongest accusation of fraud against the modern Charismatic movement is their vociferous, almost hateful insistence that their emotional manipulation is the hand of God. No, you … Continue reading
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Tagged emotional manipulation, epistemology, move of the spirit, mysticism, scripture, spirituality, western epistemology
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Ecclesiastes Intro and Chapter 1 (Updated)
Introduction The sarcasm and mocking Solomon offers here could easily be aimed at the large number of Western Christians who don’t get Hebrew wisdom literature. The underlying premise of the book is portraying the vanity of trying to understand life, … Continue reading
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Tagged intellect, mysticism, scripture, wisdom literature
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Of Truth and Angels 2
In Belgium generally, and Walloon areas in particular, there were numerous little shrines, field crosses, chapels and so forth. Some were quite artistic. A few were frankly disappointing, consisting of little more than a cheap plastic bottle from which the … Continue reading
Flavors of Reason
Western reasoning gets in the way of everything, even in ways we don’t realize. We can be smart enough to recognize when something needs only concrete logic. If you drop a rock on your foot, it will hurt; if you … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract logic, deductive logic, intellect, mysticism, peace, philosophy, scripture, symbolic communication, symbolic logic
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Of Truth and Angels 1
(This begins Part 4.) Things had slowed down a bit for Preston and Angie. They were ready for that. It was good for them to have a period of adjustment without crises to force the sudden definition and redefinition of … Continue reading
Mankind Is Fallen
Perhaps it seems a bit odd I should have to use a title restating a pretty basic Christian doctrine. By no means am I trying to address those who might actually dispute the assertion. I expect that from the fallen … Continue reading
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Tagged church, epistemology, mainstream christianity, mysticism, propaganda, religion, scripture
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Of Children and Angels 11
As they were moving out with the line of worshipers when the service ended, a young priest beckoned to them. They turned and followed him to one side of the entryway. He turned to face them with a gentle smile. … Continue reading
Conversion Is a Lie
Translation of the Bible into English is inevitably difficult. Virtually every translation I’ve read does something I find objectionable. That’s because knowing how to get an English word or phrase from one of the biblical languages is no guarantee you … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical languages, intellect, mysticism, propaganda, psychology, scripture, spiritual birth
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Mythology of Self-control
Nothing is more comical than someone singing the praises of Western Civilization, when they evaluate it wholly from within Western values. Who would be surprised that Western Civilization is good at giving us what Western Civilization wants in the first … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, mysticism, scripture, spirit realm, spirituality, western civilization
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Middling Presumption
Mysticism comes naturally for me. It was no great struggle to adopt the idea that material wealth isn’t that important; most of my life was in poverty. It’s not sour grapes, just a different experience. When you spend so much … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, economics, government, mysticism, oppression, peace, propaganda, resistance, survival
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