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Kindness Needs No Reason
Reason gets in the way of a lot of godly things. Kindness is a command. It is a motivation unto itself in the sense it seeks no particular outcome. If we tie things to outcome, we fail God completely. Seeking … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, mysticism, peace, psychology, scripture, spirituality
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Ecclesiastes 2
The question remains: Can a human come up with better answers about life in this world? Surely becoming king is worth something, no? Solomon describes how he kept a part of his mind objective in testing everything. This isn’t plunging … Continue reading
Christian Political Propaganda
I really do wish I could remember all the details. At the time I was one of them, and it never occurred to me to wonder if I was being manipulated. They considered me talented enough to have potential in … Continue reading
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Tagged coverup, government, oppression, propaganda, resistance, scripture
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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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Minor Prophets Redux
I had completely forgotten about the Minor Prophets study series. I drug out my notes and began formatting for the next book in the Ancient Truth series when I realized I had never posted it to my static site. So … Continue reading →