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Warm Deception

More than once I’ve awakened to a pounding heart and the stinking sweat of terror. Not merely from some bad dream, not simply a too vivid movie scene in my memory, but the very real threat of death crawled through … Continue reading

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Shepherd Instinct 3

Let’s move this to a practical exercise. The shepherd instinct is fundamentally embracing the calling God has placed on manhood itself. Learning about it requires deconstructing everything that perverts it. As my regular readers know, this sort of deep discernment … Continue reading

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Not Gonna Happen

My religion will never explode into popularity. Let’s pretend for a moment that my religious teachings took off, that somehow this stuff caught on and folks began flocking to Christian Mysticism. What would it look like? I’d first have to … Continue reading

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Shepherd Instinct 2

Always be ready to walk away. In the previous lesson, we noted what happens when you are on your own turf. What happens when it’s not your turf? If the Lord does not deliver a situation into your hands, you … Continue reading

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Shepherd Instinct 1

(I’m trying to organize a series of concise lessons about how to think like the ANE shepherd in opposition to any part of Western social mythology about manhood.) Don’t cave. Ever. Western Civilization has created the laziest men on earth. … Continue reading

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Moral Rewiring Job

Most people are morally wired like children. In the past I’ve mentioned the Delphi Method for destroying opposition to radical changes in a system. It’s the sort of discrete and scientific method you would expect from Pavlovian folks, never mind … Continue reading

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Job 10

By default, fallen mankind justly owns the wrath of God. We deserve a short miserable life, a long and painful death and eternity in Hell. That’s the starting place. Anything short of that is a blessing or mercy. So the … Continue reading

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Don’t Pass the Remote

Quantum thinking assumes multiple inputs and multiple outcomes from a single process, as well as multiple processes for any single question. Quantum moral reasoning recognizes humans aren’t really in control of much. People prefer to think they can remain in … Continue reading

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No Place to Stand: LifeChurch.tv and Others

I’m not in control of the agenda. I logged into my WordPress account with some other post in mind and was confronted with yet another thoughtful-yet-misguided comment on my LifeChurch review post. It’s been a year and a half, but … Continue reading

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Minimum Standards

Assuming you understand the Two Realms, it’s not hard to summarize and crystallize your thinking about how it all works in this domain. When the Apostles began taking the gospel among Gentiles, they had to struggle with their own cultural … Continue reading

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