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Mission and Friendships

Natural to our humanity is an appetite for warmth connected with a sense of identity. Something in us knows without any possible explanation that we must belong to something. If we do not, then a major element in our sense … Continue reading

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The Refugees Keep Coming

I’d rather not talk about it, but this thing won’t die. Some of my readers are aware of my pointed criticism of LifeChurch.tv. There are several posts here, but one in particular drew way too many comments from people who … Continue reading

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Call for Consciousness

It’s documented if you really want to see it. About a century ago in the US a bunch of wealth industrialists and financiers hired some pointy-headed elitists (a think tank) to devise a means for hijacking classical liberal arts education. … Continue reading

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Marx, Strauss and Mass Manipulation

What do you say to a man born and raised on the East Coast who is a rabid fan of some West Coast football team? There are a lot more of such people than you might expect. Throughout history it … Continue reading

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Certain

You can have certainty, but not certitude. It’s not so much the precise definitions of the words, but the connotations. The latter implies something outside of you, a basis in external reality, while the former is distinctly internal. In that … Continue reading

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A Higher Power

Daniel 3: The Hebrews in Nebuchadnezzar’s Furnace Ancient Hebrew culture was contemplative. You were supposed to read or hear something and think about it, extrapolating and expanding on it. You were training the mind to obey something much higher than … Continue reading

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The Power of Sacrifice

We do not take this world seriously. We take seriously our mission in this world to help people see the primacy of the Spirit Realm. What really matters in this world is whatever expresses the Ultimate Reality of the Spirit … Continue reading

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ADD Is a Symptom of Sick Society

The particulars don’t matter. If you start from the wrong place, you can’t get to the truth. We struggle against an entire civilization that builds on the sand of human accomplishment. It’s not that our world cannot get the facts; … Continue reading

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Ignore Me If You Can

Fundamental to our message is that we have no intention of convincing anyone of anything. What we hope is to offer a slice of truth that compels attention of itself. We don’t get in God’s way because we never imagined … Continue reading

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Not of This World 2

This is not random thoughts; see if you can follow the thread. What do you mean, “Why don’t I like it?” The question assumes a falsehood, that I am somehow duty-bound to like something. My lack of interest is the … Continue reading

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