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Myth and Scripture
Myth and mythology have more than one meaning. In typical conversation, they are dismissive terms used to discount something you don’t want to believe. You refuse to be accountable to it. As literature, they are essential to understanding the worldview … Continue reading
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Ecclesiastes 7
In Hebrew culture, the ultimate symbol of manhood was the shepherd. It was a lonely work and required a quiet and watchful temperament. You learned not to expect much from sheep. While there is a place for the artistic exploration … Continue reading
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None Righteous
“There is no one righteous, not even one.” (Romans 3:10 NET, quoting Psalm 14) The human race is fallen. The most basic demand from God after the Flood was for Noah to institute social constraints on human behavior. Men were … Continue reading
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Ecclesiastes 5
Solomon begins here to confront directly the folly of attachment to this realm of existence. Only a fool takes this world’s concerns too seriously. If you think of God as a Western king, you’ll never understand the Bible. He portrays … Continue reading
Epistemology, in a Manner of Speaking
My use of the term, and the implied question, of epistemology is an accommodation to Westerners. It’s an attempt to speak their language. Frankly, the question itself is circular reasoning. That is, the common Aristotelian evaluation of the answer to … Continue reading
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Ecclesiastes 4
Solomon continues his theme that human wisdom without revelation is confusion and madness. He next points out that, as bad as life is without the Word of God, it can only get worse when you consider how humans interact, or … Continue reading
Moral Intelligence
You can get a degree in all kinds of things, but it seems no institute of higher learning recognizes any need to develop moral intelligence. When you examine any particular issue in light of moral truth, it changes all the … Continue reading
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Truth Seizes a Few
Whether you seek it consciously or not, truth will seize only a few at a time. That’s pretty much the meaning of the twin parables of the Found Treasure and the Pearl of Great Price (Matthew 13:44-46). The other point … Continue reading
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Recapitulation
I’m a true radical, radical about the very most fundamental elements of our assumptions about reality. This blog assumes a huge difference between Western/Aristotelian epistemology and that of the Bible. I am wholly untroubled by apparent differences between human science, … Continue reading