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Proverbs 30
This chapter has provoked a lot of debate because of serious variations between different manuscripts, though mostly in the introductory portion. While our translation here (Green’s Modern King James) adheres to common traditions, it’s not hard to find other translations … Continue reading
Proverbs 29
This chapter is a collection of shorter and simpler proverbs, the kind of thing you might hear among the peasants. It’s as if Solomon asks his sons to consider: What will the common man think of you? What sort of … Continue reading
Burning Heart; Changing Life
And then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight. And they said to one another, “Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, heart-mind, intellect, morality, scripture, spirituality, technology
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You Won’t Get Out Alive
This world is a pitiful mess at best, and you won’t get out of here alive. So I’ll summarize the nature of my recent sorrows with this workstation. I updated the BIOS from around v.3 to v.14 and the settings … Continue reading
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Tagged cycling, divine revelation, fundamental mission, moral wisdom, photography, scripture
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The Heart of Church History
Church History as an academic pursuit is mostly a matter of grasping the politics of organized religion. It’s sheer idiocy to assume politics have no place in the church; our biggest problem is that people have rejected the political structure … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, heart-mind, history, religion, scripture, the Fall
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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
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Tagged epistemology, heart-mind, mysticism, OT Hebrew, philosophy, scripture, western civilization
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Apocalypse Now
John’s Apocalypse is still relevant because it always was. I’m working over the text of my Bible study book on John’s Revelation. Instead of merely reformatting it as with some of the other books, I’m rereading my text against that … Continue reading
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Tagged Apocalypse, Dispensationalism, heart-mind, materialism, otherworldly, scripture
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Satan and the Fall
We see “the Serpent” in Genesis 3, and it’s just a poetic term for Satan. The Hebrew word for “snake” is nakawsh (naw-kawsh) — doesn’t that sound like a snake? Say it drawing out the last syllable for dramatic emphasis. … Continue reading
Psalm 87
This is a terse prophetic song. The Hebrew is difficult to grasp if you read it literally, and you would be in good company. Toward the end before Babylon laid siege to the city, a great many shallow minds and … Continue reading
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Tagged divine revelation, heart-mind, Psalms, scripture, Sons of Korah, worship
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Proverbs 28
What you believe you see and experience is just shadow; ultimate reality is the moral truth behind it all. This chapter is full of short epigrams all getting at the same basic idea. They are not doctrinaire assertions of wishful … Continue reading