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Job 32
People in the Ancient Near East would recognize that most moral questions can be answered differently on different levels. They were untroubled by apparent paradoxes and reversals of good and evil when viewing the exact same issue from different contexts. … Continue reading
Idolatry of Reason
Call it what you like; divine moral justice is nearly impossible to put into words. We can characterize it. That’s what parabolic language is for and Jesus used parables as the primary means to teaching. People whose spirits are alive … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, human reason, intellect, mysticism, propositional truth, religion, scripture
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Chasing Sheep on Narrow Tracks
He doesn’t have too awful many, so it’s worth chasing down the few that can be found. I’m serving the Shepherd King. That’s a parable of reality, a parable and reality few recognize, never mind what the PR suggests. He … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, gospel, human understanding, intellect, leadership, mission, parable, scripture, spirituality
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Job 31
Let’s recall that the early chapters state Job did not sin against God in his words. That doesn’t mean he was without error in the sense of how his words affected others. We recognize that the elder trio provoked him … Continue reading
Virtual Activist
There is no place for absolutism in this world. I’ve already stated often enough that I am not a political activist of any stripe. It’s not that my actions have no political meaning, but politics is never the point. The … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, government, human government, internet, military, oppression, resistance, scripture, technology
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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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Tagged ANE, civilization, government, history, Nebuchadnezzar, psychology, religion, resistance, scripture, social mythology
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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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Tagged mission, mysticism, psychology, scripture, spirituality
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Job 30
In contrast to Job’s previous state at the top of society, he is now below the bottom. The first few verses artistically blend the image of social outcasts with jackals. He starts by suggesting the best of such folks are … Continue reading
ANE Meditation
In Western traditions, meditation is about receiving insight and understanding of higher truths. This is the same old crap that eviscerates the power of connecting to the Spirit Realm. It’s an effort to force the Spirit to accommodate the human … Continue reading
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Tagged divine revelation, epistemology, intellect, Law Covenants, mysticism, philosophy, revelation, scripture, spirituality, western christianity
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Our Anomaly
Recently I spotted a couple more stories about archaeological evidence of previously unknown civilizations, or those that were far more developed than is currently acknowledged. Indications of highly advanced technology, though surely of a different kind than our own, offers … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, epistemology, intellect, philosophy, scripture, western christianity, western civilization
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