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A Prophetic Critique of Game Theory Model, Part 1
Perhaps I can put this whole topic to rest somewhat. Background Game itself reflects nothing of God’s ideals; it simply organizes what can be consciously understood of fallen human nature in terms of human sexual response. It works so well … Continue reading
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Mind Trap
A mind like a steel trap is not ruled by the Spirit. Recall the principle of Spiritual Anthropology. For those whose spirits are alive, it is utterly necessary those spirits rule the mind. While it is possible for a sharp … Continue reading
More on Molech: Fear
There’s more to this symbolism of Molech than merely withholding your children from the state. It’s the issue of rule by fear. Molech was worshiped out of fear. There was no love for a god who consumes your first-born son … Continue reading
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Rendering Unto Molech
In ancient Palestine, prior to the Conquest by Israel in roughly 1400 BC, there had arisen among the native Canaanites an appalling pagan religion devoted to a god called Molech. The name itself means “king” more or less. The idol … Continue reading
Fixing Demonology
Wiping away the false demonology of Western Christianity, we can start fresh with a clear understanding rooted in God’s ancient revelation. Satan and his fallen angels are outnumbered two-to-one. The Apostle John took pains to declare this in the symbolic … Continue reading
Broken Demonology
The inherent failures of Western Systematic Theology are most evident in Demonology. In the first place, Systematic Theology is scarcely induced to recognize the divine, so it should be no surprise it handles demons poorly. They do appear in Scripture … Continue reading
Theology Is a Human Effort
A hallmark of Western Christianity is Systematic Theology. The whole idea was stolen from the Pharisees, who were Westernized when they embraced Hellenistic rationalism, and departed utterly from their ancient Hebrew intellectual roots. Anyone with a bit of classical education … Continue reading
Morals of Finance and Debt
People do not borrow money for business. They seek investors who become part owners. Shared ownership requires a close familial or covenantal relationship first. Without that connection, that assumption of shared loss and gain on a fundamental level, there is … Continue reading
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ANE Culture and the Place of Violence
We should not assume we understand violence the way it was understood in Scripture simply because we know how to use the word in modern English. The world today as we know it is not what God had in mind. … Continue reading
Word for Word
The words in any given language for “word,” and their definition, gives a clue to the orientation of the culture behind the language. In English, we have only one. In biblical studies, we see the Greek offers two commonly used … Continue reading