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Sensory Heart
As Sister Wildcucmber noted, the heart is a sensory organ. Indeed, once the heart is awakened, the rest of the body touches our world in a wholly different way. She linked to an article whose author does seem to understand … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged epistemology, intellect, moral fabric, moral perception, mysticism, nature, scripture, spirituality
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The Standard of Communion
It’s a very, very sad reflex that asserts itself every where I look. Reading between the lines of the Law Covenants, we learn that God places a heavy emphasis on social stability. It seems the summum bonum of Jesus’ second … Continue reading
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Tagged church, culture, middle class, mysticism, religion, spirituality
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Psalm 19
Modern Western man surely sees the beauty in nature and could perhaps reason from it to a glimpse of some divine hand in the vista. Ancient Hebrew man, along with men of every nation within a years’ travel, would have … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged ANE, King David, moral perception, moral significance, mysticism, Psalms, scripture, spirituality
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Quandary: Logic and Morals
I keep hoping I’ve got it explained, but from time to time, questions come up indicating that, for at least one person, I came up short. This business of moral reasoning throws people off the track. In the first place, … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged ANE, epistemology, intellect, intellectual traditions, Moral reasoning, mysticism, pure reason, spirituality, western biases
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It’s About Time
One of the things that makes us human is our awareness of time. That is, we are locked into a specific experience of time. While we do understand how the passage of time can be slowed or accelerated in our … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, experience, intellect, mortality, mysticism, philosophy, spirituality, subjective sense
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Moral Mechanics
In common English vernacular, His name is Jehovah. Never mind how we got that; it’s just a silly tail-chasing exercise to insist on using the alleged “more accurate” version, Yahweh. Everyone knows who we’re talking about, so don’t look for … Continue reading
Posted in prophecy
Tagged divine revelation, epistemology, history, miracles of Jesus, moral consciousness, moral justice, mysticism, scripture, spirituality
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Otherworldly Messiah
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, christian mysticism, civilization, culture, Jesus reinforced Moses, mortality, mysticism, politics, propaganda, Satan, scripture, spirituality
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The Character of God
He’s not a perfectionist; He’s a very real Person. It is peculiar to the West to assert absolutes. Other cultures might figure out what we mean by the term “perfect” regardless of language, but ours is the only one that … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civilization, culture, epistemology, mysticism, psychology, scripture, spirituality
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Go Forth
On the one hand, I hesitate. Having been through the meatgrinder on religion and the vast ocean of misunderstanding I had to swim through to find peace on the gentle shores, I don’t want others to face that. Every step … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged assumptions, evangelism, mission, mysticism, psychology, religion, spirituality
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