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Mission Priorities
Our path is communion with Creation. We don’t have wisdom so much as we participate in divine wisdom. Sometimes we can communicate that wisdom to other people as a way of signalling that we can offer something worth their attention. … Continue reading
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Tagged communion, Creation, heart-led, military, mission, moral character, parable, personal narrative
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The Second Man
I’m sure my regular readers will understand: On the one hand, there are no words for it. On the other hand, I can try to indicate something about this so you can share in my portion of sweet shalom from … Continue reading
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Tagged divine calling, ministry, moral character, parable
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Reviewing Darkness 04
On the one hand, we recognize that the typical Western Christian image of demons is comical, and tragically misguided. The popular mythology of “spiritual warfare” is a big joke to Satan. It’s another distraction that keeps folks from paying attention … Continue reading
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Tagged christian mysticism, parable, Satan, scripture
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Life in the Cracks
This is what we are, church. Our world has been paved over by deception. It was designed to prevent the genuine life of heart-led faith, and it seemed to work for a time. Instead, it was built up for all … Continue reading
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Tagged faith in God, heart-led, mysticism, parable, photography
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Heart-led Parables
Our mysticism is not as their mysticism. One of the most confusing things we deal with is a vast legacy of Western-style mysticism. The Western version remains cerebral; it does not target a heart-led understanding. Instead, there is some nebulous … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, mysticism, parable, philosophy, scripture, symbolic logic, western intellectual heritage
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Psalm 80
Again, we note that “psalm of Asaph” is colloquial for the man and all his descendants, all who held his office following him. It matters here because this is almost surely a psalm from the Assyrian conquest of Samaria and … Continue reading
Psalm 78
For anyone who operates on the moral level of the heart, it is thoroughly frustrating to see people walk away from that beguiling faculty of the Spirit. It is inherent in the most ancient roots of Hebrew culture to take … Continue reading
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Tagged Asaph, heart-mind, history israel, moral justice, parable, prophecy, Psalms
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Peace versus Absolutism
If this life is all you have, then absolutism makes perfect sense. Just over two years ago I wrote Contextual Justice and it’s been getting a lot of hits lately. I’d like to restate the message in different terms: You … Continue reading
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Tagged absolutes, absolutism, divine justice, epistemology, God's character, mysticism, parable, peace, philosophy, spirituality
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The Parable of Malware
Western Civilization is malware. It is so complex and pervasive that most people mistake it for the operating system for human life on this planet. However, it is a huge mask over the real OS and it hands control of … Continue reading
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Tagged computer, evangelism, mission, moral consciousness, parable, psychology, religion, spirituality
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Job 41
If we haggle too much over what creature is marked by the nickname Leviathan, we would miss the point entirely here. Should we need something approaching a literal animal, a crocodile or any of the larger sea creatures seen from … Continue reading