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Guys, Put Your Mission First
The truth of moral justice does not have to make sense, but we are required to make sense of it. The issue of what a man can call his mission from God is covered elsewhere on this blog. What matters … Continue reading
Eyes Which See Through the Veil
The eyes of man see a hard reality, something solid which challenges him to examine, poke and prod using his intelligence to understand it. The eyes of God see a tattered veil ready to be torn away. Keep on walkin’ … Continue reading
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Modern Gnosticism in American Churches
Most people know too much about academic explanations of Gnosticism and seem to miss the point entirely. A little history. I’ve often made much of the Hellenism which invaded Judean religion during the time of the Greek Empire. The rabbis … Continue reading
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Ruth 4
Boaz was a prominent man in his own right. Few would hesitate if he hailed them publicly, particularly at this festive time of year. Whatever passed for their court system in those days was the matter of family elders doing … Continue reading
Repost: Aristotle Defeats Aristotle (Long)
(Reposted, with some minor editing, from another blog which no longer exists.) We can use Aristotle’s own logic to show how it is incompatible to Christian faith. The fundamental question here is bound up in that fancy word, “epistemology.” You … Continue reading
This Is Not Our Fight
Hear the burden of the Spirit: This is not our fight. If we embrace the Enlightenment principles of morality, then a rabid involvement in politics is necessary. No one can deny this is the philosophy undergirding modern Western governments as … Continue reading
Ruth — Intro and Chapter 1
Introduction The story of Ruth is an exceptional example of Hebrew literature, almost certainly written during King David’s reign. The primary purpose was to document David’s pedigree. The story takes place perhaps a century after the Conquest, which offers difficulties … Continue reading
Micah 5
We cannot guess what Micah knew in our modern terms of knowing about his own prophetic message. He wove a tapestry of truth in a language and culture which blended literal and symbolic together because the burden was on the … Continue reading
Ideals and Norms in Micah
The study in Micah 4 touches on a couple of connected issues. First is ideals. We should have ideals, in the sense of something unreachable on this plane. Society needs something out of reach to which people aspire. People who … Continue reading
Human Nature and Sexual Attraction
Modern society typically gets the most important elements of human life backwards. We call it “perversion” when some force throttles the message of truth and twists it out of shape. I take my truth from the Bible specifically, and ancient … Continue reading
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