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Psalm 21
If the previous psalm was a prayer for faith in battle, this one is thanksgiving for the victory. And again, we reckon this song is in two parts. The first seems as the voice of the congregation singing about their … Continue reading
Sovereignty: More Than Just Theology
God is sovereign. It should be just that easy, but most people need a little explanation to get the full impact of that truth. This is His Creation; it is not merely a static collection of various bits of matter. … Continue reading
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Tagged conspiracies, Creation, government, moral character, mysticism, oppression, revelation, scripture, spirituality
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Evangelical False God
It never stops. Every where I turn, I keep encountering the same blindness, though expressed in different ways. And the people who wallow in that blindness rarely seize the hand offered so they can be pulled out. Mercy cannot be … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, law, old testament, scripture, spirituality, Western Christian mythology
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God’s Revelation on Sex
Let’s talk about sex. Like everything else, sometimes you have to back off completely outside of things in order to line up the proper approach, the proper line of sight so the essence of things becomes clear. Even if you … Continue reading
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Tagged American Christian, civilization, culture, game, God's glory, moral imperative, mysticism, scripture, sexual identity, spirituality, Western Christian
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Divine Sense of Humor: Dominant English
English is hardly the best language to arise from human intellectual chaos, but it’s the one I know best. Part of that knowledge includes a lot of study in etymology and chasing out the roots through other variations in the … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, divine revelation, languages, mission, moral justice, mysticism, scripture, writing
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Sensory Heart
As Sister Wildcucmber noted, the heart is a sensory organ. Indeed, once the heart is awakened, the rest of the body touches our world in a wholly different way. She linked to an article whose author does seem to understand … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, intellect, moral fabric, moral perception, mysticism, nature, scripture, spirituality
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Psalm 19
Modern Western man surely sees the beauty in nature and could perhaps reason from it to a glimpse of some divine hand in the vista. Ancient Hebrew man, along with men of every nation within a years’ travel, would have … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, King David, moral perception, moral significance, mysticism, Psalms, scripture, spirituality
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Song of Solomon 8
In Hebrew culture, public displays of affection were permitted only between children. In the typical tribal social structure, children at play were presumed some relation to each other, whereas adults engaging in such behavior would be scandalous. It was too … Continue reading
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Tagged art, civilization, culture, King Solomon, marriage, public displays of affection, romance, scripture
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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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Tagged culture, mortality, oppression, propaganda, prophecy, scripture, war, western civilization
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Psalm 18
Picture him now, marching victoriously at the head of his column of troops. It’s a long hike, and David is full to bursting with thanksgiving. With his natural grand talent for what was music and poetry among Hebrew people, he … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, feudal obligations, history, King David, mysticism, scripture, war
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