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I Was Just Trying to Help
Let’s explore some of the implications of the Doctrine of Leverage and all my blather about Christlike charity and moral sacrifice. We understand the necessity of standing back and suffering the empathy of those who hurt without taking action because … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo-Saxon, arrogance, charity, civilization, culture, moral perception, psychology, resistance, society, western civilization
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Don’t Take Sides
It’s been gnawing at the edges of my consciousness for a week or so: We who embrace ANE intellectual traditions are better able to operate objectively than those who embrace the Western mythology of objectivity. Try to understand the psychology … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged Gaza, intellect, mysticism, propaganda, psychology, war
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Failure to Act Is No Sin
One of the greatest mistakes we make as believers is to surrender our allegiance to Christ in favor of allowing someone else to be our false Christ. The frantic urgency of activism assumes a self-evident course of action is the … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged christian activism, epistemology, peace, propaganda, psychology, spirituality
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Three Bits on Sunday
There is a divine order to our plane of existence, but it will ever elude the human intellect. You can give yourself a leg up if you choose to embrace divine revelation to the degree possible. That means dismissing the … Continue reading
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Tagged false dichotomy, game, human intellect, human nature, intellect, marriage, mysticism, psychology, spirituality
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Introspection and Trust
James, the brother of Jesus who eventually became the chief elder of the churches in Jerusalem, once noted wryly that some people look in a mirror and see their faces, but never check the mirror of their souls (James 1:19-27). … Continue reading
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Tagged civility, mission, psychology, sense of humor, spirituality
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The Risk of Two Realms
Yesterday’s post on depression hit a nerve with several folks. In my own mind, it’s summed up in my response to a comment: “Much of what we dislike in this world is the back edge of something we simply don’t … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged civilization, culture, depression, psychology, spirituality, survival, Two Realms
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Depression and the Spirit
This is something that’s been rumbling around in my head for a while. Recently someone asked a question about it and it seems a good time to post on it. God’s revelation is a two-edged sword, we are told in … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged clinical depression, depression, human experience, mission, peace, psychology, spirituality
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Vanquishing the Self
This is something with which I struggle even today. There is a time and place for the prickly response. Those are the moments when, as best you can discern, nothing else will do in pursuing your mission. There are contexts … Continue reading
Seeking Substance
Pray with me. No, I don’t feel oppressed and harassed. I’m frustrated by a few things in my life, but I don’t see it as the hand of Satan or any of that silliness. The hand of Satan is more … Continue reading