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A major element in what we consider child misbehavior is visual stimulation. This is well known, but seldom stated. The way the human brain works, visual stimulation is very much like any other stimulant — it becomes addictive. If you … Continue reading
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Tagged human capabilities, mental-health, psychology, spiritual warfare
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HTCG 05
Chapter 5: Logical Thinking and Psychological Understanding Section A: Logic and Psychology Boman separates between logic (impartial and objective) and psychology (engaging sympathetically) in approaching reality — thinking versus understanding. But in actual experience, the two are inseparable. Still, he … Continue reading
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Tagged Hebrew epistemology, logic, psychology, Thorleif Boman, western epistemology
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Readiness without Limits
Do you understand the joy of testing? God binds the Bible; it does not bind Him. He is the ultimate free agent, the only one in a position to have His will every time in every thing. There are a … Continue reading
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Tagged bikepacking, faith, heart-led, personal experience, psychology, testing, trusting in god
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His Sacrificial Love
Two problems — (1) It’s one thing to recognize the utility of simple observation and analysis. It’s another thing to imagine that your analysis answers all the pertinent questions. (2) The miracles of faith are extraordinary, and yet should be … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical manhood, faith community, game, miracles, otherworldly, psychology, sacrificial love, shepherd role, spiritual orientation, worldliness
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Don’t Argue with God
I’ve seen countless efforts to identify where in the matrix of our human behavior we become culpable before God. All of it assumes an existing objective standard of right and wrong separate from God’s Person. Thus, should God blame someone … Continue reading
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Tagged Bathsheba, divine election, false guilt, King David, psychology, sin, Uriah the Hittite
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The Paradox of Faith
You would think something like this is simple. Broadly, the psychology profession regards faith as something built into the human psyche. The message that profession has gotten from Christian religion is that faith is a miracle, not a normative human … Continue reading
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Tagged commitment, divine election, faith, heart-led, human capabilities, predestination, psychology
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AI Cannot Filter
I’ve been watching this AI stuff ever since Microsoft tested their “Tay” chatbot. The most recent test run with a clone of Caryn Marjorie (lovely young female model) exhibits the same lack of internal restraint. Do you remember how “Tay” … Continue reading
How Globalism Is Like Communism
I’ve said in the past that globalism is communism. I was not referring to the active policy of how economics are handled. Actually, economics is not the whole story about communism. Rather, the primary moral flaw of communism is materialism … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged economic theory, economic troubles, moral factors, psychology, social sciences, the Fall
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Introspection Required for Penitence
This is not a rule; it’s a tendency. Apparently it’s shocking enough to our American culture that it warrants making a point of it on a regular basis. I’m not referring to having that inner conversation some of us keep … Continue reading
The Evils of the Gutenberg Editor
Someone has asked for a clearer explanation of why I object to the new Gutenberg Editor on the WordPress.com sites. This blog allows me the freedom to keep the Classic Editor, a choice I don’t have on WordPress’s own site. … Continue reading