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Divine Justice and Gender

The God of the Bible portrays Himself as male. I believe it’s safe to say only Western Civilization has so completely formalized and institutionalized resentment to God’s choices, particularly in matters relating to gender and sex. That’s not to say … Continue reading

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Western Is Not Biblical (Updated)

This is parallel to my long series of writings which declare the West as non-Christian. Christianity is an Ancient Near Eastern religion. It takes only a little bit of time to study and discern that we are talking about two … Continue reading

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No Place to Stand: LifeChurch.tv and Others

I’m not in control of the agenda. I logged into my WordPress account with some other post in mind and was confronted with yet another thoughtful-yet-misguided comment on my LifeChurch review post. It’s been a year and a half, but … Continue reading

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Implications and Consequences

Ideas have consequences; bad ideas bring unnecessary misery. It’s not enough that we kill ourselves, either slowly or quickly, by embracing folly. We then insist that the world believe the same lies and it makes things far worse for everyone … Continue reading

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Job 9

Most Western commentators and readers fail to grasp how thoroughly correct Job is in what he says. The primary disconnection is between the Western value system that insists life is precious. The people of the Ancient Near East lived in … Continue reading

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Another Mystery of God’s Laws

(Ref: a previous post by similar title.) Yet another comment on my critical review of Life Church from your typical modern Christian Pharisee. The real issue remains the deep failure to understand what is normative. I realize that the biggest … Continue reading

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Job 8

Now it’s Bildad’s turn to get it wrong. He continues pressing the false dichotomy and worse. Bildad begins with less courtesy than Eliphaz, suggesting Job is a windbag. His rhetorical question misses the point. This is not a matter of … Continue reading

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A Mystery of God’s Laws

Every day I watch people struggle with God’s Laws. That’s because His Laws are reality; His Justice pervades all of Creation. The revelation of His ways in terms of Law Covenants was a gift meant for all humanity. Obey His … Continue reading

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God’s Hesitation

Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. He will not quarrel or cry out, … Continue reading

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The Coming Hand of Wrath

Americans are headed for some very rough times. I keep saying that because the Lord keeps His prophetic warning to me very sharp and fresh. For example, our federal government as we now know it will be gone. Our economy … Continue reading

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