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Babylon is Fallen

Babylon is fallen, but has not collapsed. Babylon is the fallen world of human commerce, of human achievement. It symbolizes unjust dominance and all the trappings of oppression. Dominance is not evil in itself because it’s essential to human nature … Continue reading

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Why Things Are So Messy

The heart is more than a mere sensory organ. It is the seat of the will. In theory, it is the place where the executive should reside, but precious few humans have an active wisdom in their hearts. They don’t … Continue reading

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Death and Hell Stalking Us

Maybe it’s not so different in substance; maybe this is just the veneer peeling away. Western Civilization is especially bad about forgetting the past in the sense that we have no ability to transmit from generation to generation what it … Continue reading

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Just My Opinion

As previously noted, we Americans are too hideously wide open to manipulation through guilt. It’s just too easy to use guilt and related negative emotions to restrict our behavior. It’s used in religion and politics alike to shut you up … Continue reading

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Certain Uncertainty

I’m unsure of where to place to blame. They thunder with obscene certainty that this or that course of action is God’s demand. While we might justly question the identity of the “God” they cite, it’s enough to note these … Continue reading

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Psalm 8

Not only do we have several modern songs taken from this, but it stands as a prophetic message. Not prophetic in the popular Western notion of literal meanings hidden in the words as if by magic, this hymn asserts fundamental … Continue reading

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A Critical Lesson of Job

Our lessons in Job will end soon enough. Most Western scholars miss the best parts because they refuse to consider Job from Job’s own cultural matrix. It’s not that I pretend to be such a grand expert, but that I … Continue reading

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An End Is Near

Virtual, de facto, or plainly literal — it makes no difference. God reads the hearts of men. While His actions may seem slow on the human scale, He does not necessarily wait for men to act before He pronounces judgment. … Continue reading

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Doing What’s Right for Me

What is your commitment? You don’t have to come up with a name for it, but you do need some frame of reference to claim the full benefits of the moral fabric of the universe. The fundamental nature of God’s … Continue reading

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The Coming Hand of Wrath

Americans are headed for some very rough times. I keep saying that because the Lord keeps His prophetic warning to me very sharp and fresh. For example, our federal government as we now know it will be gone. Our economy … Continue reading

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