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Emotional Devotions
The hardest thing for a Western Christian is separating emotion from Spirit. My single strongest accusation of fraud against the modern Charismatic movement is their vociferous, almost hateful insistence that their emotional manipulation is the hand of God. No, you … Continue reading
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Tagged emotional manipulation, epistemology, move of the spirit, mysticism, scripture, spirituality, western epistemology
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Ecclesiastes Intro and Chapter 1 (Updated)
Introduction The sarcasm and mocking Solomon offers here could easily be aimed at the large number of Western Christians who don’t get Hebrew wisdom literature. The underlying premise of the book is portraying the vanity of trying to understand life, … Continue reading
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Tagged intellect, mysticism, scripture, wisdom literature
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Flavors of Reason
Western reasoning gets in the way of everything, even in ways we don’t realize. We can be smart enough to recognize when something needs only concrete logic. If you drop a rock on your foot, it will hurt; if you … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract logic, deductive logic, intellect, mysticism, peace, philosophy, scripture, symbolic communication, symbolic logic
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Mankind Is Fallen
Perhaps it seems a bit odd I should have to use a title restating a pretty basic Christian doctrine. By no means am I trying to address those who might actually dispute the assertion. I expect that from the fallen … Continue reading
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Tagged church, epistemology, mainstream christianity, mysticism, propaganda, religion, scripture
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Conversion Is a Lie
Translation of the Bible into English is inevitably difficult. Virtually every translation I’ve read does something I find objectionable. That’s because knowing how to get an English word or phrase from one of the biblical languages is no guarantee you … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical languages, intellect, mysticism, propaganda, psychology, scripture, spiritual birth
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A Theology of Theology
theology: the study of God and of the nature of religious truth; a school of thought arising from such study; an organized course of study within the academic field of religion There is no theology in the Bible. There entire … Continue reading
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Tagged aristotelian epistemology, aristotelian logic, epistemology, intellect, reason, religion, scripture, spirituality, system of logic
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Mythology of Self-control
Nothing is more comical than someone singing the praises of Western Civilization, when they evaluate it wholly from within Western values. Who would be surprised that Western Civilization is good at giving us what Western Civilization wants in the first … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, mysticism, scripture, spirit realm, spirituality, western civilization
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Propositional Folly
It ain’t happening. I keep hoping people will understand when I attack Aristotelian epistemology and European tribal mythology. I keep hoping they’ll recognize all those unconscious assumptions about life, the universe and everything. I pray that they learn the very … Continue reading
Myth of the Free Man
Modern Western society suffers from a myth regarding individual liberty. In one of my earliest papers on Hebrew thought, I noted “everyone serves someone.” It was not simply a spiritual statement but a moral principle. That is, in God’s Laws, … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, government, mysticism, oppression, propaganda, scripture
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Biblical Law on Abortion
The Spirit of the Lord has moved on me and I must now deliver. I have wrangled over this with friends for a few days, making sure I had considered it from different angles. Perhaps you could consider that as … Continue reading