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Here It Comes (Updated)
Just a quick note for astute regular readers: Holy Cynicism Time. On a busy weekend night when folks were likely out celebrating Valentine’s Day, the NYTimes reports a story about bank hacking that saw major losses that could rise to … Continue reading
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Tagged banking, crime, economics, government, internet, oppression, technology
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Psalm 37
This is an acrostic psalm loaded with popular proverbs of David’s time. It’s the age old question of why it seems the wicked prosper and the righteous are blown by the winds of blind fortune. On the surface, it appears … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged Biblical Mysticism, King David, nature, oppression, peace, Political activism, Psalms, psychology
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What Are You?
Welcome to the real world with all the real people. Even without a formal doctrine of the Fall, we have no trouble seeing that humanity is broken. However, Scripture points out that this broken condition cannot be fixed on our … Continue reading
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Tagged moral character, mysticism, oppression, peace, psychology, religion, social mythology, spirituality, theology, Western society
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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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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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Serenity in Tribulation
It’s not your concern. When you manage to dismiss from your mind a broad range of things you cannot and should not try to change, it’s much easier to keep a solid grip on that serenity necessary for God’s glory. … Continue reading
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Tagged cult leader, federal government, government, ministry, mysticism, oppression, psychology, religion, tribulation
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Responding to Oppression
There is a distinctly biblical approach, but you won’t see it very often in our society. Governments do their best to provoke and agitate; it’s systemic. They claim otherwise, but the entire culture of Western democratic government service is fundamentally … Continue reading
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Tagged government, John Taylor Gatto, military training, moral character, mysticism, oppression, peace, police, propaganda, spirituality
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Collision Course
The system cannot be fixed. Apparently there is a need to repeat this message, because I see too often folks who should know better expressing powerful emotional involvement in something that warrants no energy at all. Sure, the answers are … Continue reading
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Tagged government, mysticism, oppression, peace, politics, propaganda, psychology, revelation, spirituality
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Wiser than Solomon
There’s nothing new under the sun, as Solomon wisely noted in the training manual for his royal staff (the Book of Ecclesiastes). I keep telling folks I’m not writing anything really new here. I’m just rehashing stuff from centuries ago. … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged epistemology, government, intellect, mysticism, oppression, propaganda, spirituality
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