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Theological Controversy?
Even mainstream evangelical theologians and Bible scholars recognize that Hebrew culture refers to the heart as the seat of the will, which is then linked to convictions. Before I moved away from evangelical circles, I already understood from my professors … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged epistemology, heart-mind, mysticism, OT Hebrew, philosophy, scripture, western civilization
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Context and Separation
No other human has the authority to decide for you what is the will of God. People do have the authority to exclude you from things He has placed in their hands, by whatever means necessary. The only question, then, … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged covenant, epistemology, heart-mind, philosophy, scripture, social stability, western civilization
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War on Western Moral Assumptions
Walk by the Spirit — whatever else that means, it requires that we shift the focus of our awareness to the heart-mind. The matter of “doing God’s will” is not a long list of rules and principles. The actions and … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, heart-mind, morality, mysticism, otherworldly, philosophy, spirituality, western civilization
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Refuse to Play
The only difference between them is artificial. The political left in the US (liberal, progressive) reflects the overt worship of that amorphous goddess of feminist mythology. The political right (conservative and/or reactionary) is simply covert about it. Both presume a … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged ANE, civilization, culture, oppression, philosophy, politics, propaganda, psychology, resistance, sexual identity, Western mythology
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Parabolic Heart
In this realm of existence, parables and symbolic logic are the only way we can indicate where to find God’s truth. One of the hardest mental habits to break is the binary approach to reality. On a certain obvious level, … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged culture, government, heart-mind, intellect, mysticism, peace, philosophy, propaganda, psychology, spirituality, war
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The Cult, Part 2
Throughout recorded history, Jews have had a tough time with everyone else. That the rabbinate became Hellenized does not mean they were Hellenic. I refer to it often as a bastardized intellectual shift because it is not exactly a full … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged epistemology, hebrew prophets, history, intellect, Israel, oppression, philosophy, propaganda, scripture
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The Cult, Part 1
There is a secretive cabal committed to enslaving humanity to their agenda. Try to understand that my use of the term “cult” here does not signal a discrete organization as we might typically expect from our cultural mythology. In fact, … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged ANE, civilization, cult, divine revelation, epistemology, flaming sword, history, intellect, Israel, mysticism, philosophy, revelation, scripture
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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
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged absolutes, absolutism, divine justice, epistemology, God's character, mysticism, parable, peace, philosophy, spirituality
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Oriented
In strictest terms, to “orient” oneself is to face the east as the place of the rising sun. It so happens that, in terms of fundamental assumptions about reality, we would do far better to face the Ancient Near East, … Continue reading
Posted in prophecy
Tagged ANE, civilization, culture, fundamental assumptions, Greco-Roman, human reason, moral accountability, mysticism, philosophy, spirituality, western civilization
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Moral Clarity Cannot Be Objective
If you can understand the Ancient Near Eastern intellectual context of the Bible, then you easily realize that the Scripture aims to present God’s moral character. That it may also reveal a little about history and other types of data … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged culture, divine revelation, epistemology, intellect, moral truth, mysticism, philosophy, politics, religion
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