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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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Moral Mechanics
In common English vernacular, His name is Jehovah. Never mind how we got that; it’s just a silly tail-chasing exercise to insist on using the alleged “more accurate” version, Yahweh. Everyone knows who we’re talking about, so don’t look for … Continue reading
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Tagged divine revelation, epistemology, history, miracles of Jesus, moral consciousness, moral justice, mysticism, scripture, spirituality
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Otherworldly Messiah
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo-Saxon, christian mysticism, civilization, culture, Jesus reinforced Moses, mortality, mysticism, politics, propaganda, Satan, scripture, spirituality
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The Character of God
He’s not a perfectionist; He’s a very real Person. It is peculiar to the West to assert absolutes. Other cultures might figure out what we mean by the term “perfect” regardless of language, but ours is the only one that … Continue reading
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Song of Solomon 7
Sometimes it’s all a matter of taste. This chapter is by far the most risqué language in the Bible, but it’s obscured by euphemisms and symbolic references. The groom describes his bride, starting from her feet. Some of the references … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, euphemisms, history, human sexuality, King Solomon, marriage, scripture, symbolic references
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