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Western Crippled Hearts
Mysticism makes no sense without cynicism. First a quick review: You may recall the Aristotle assumed that this universe is all there is. He didn’t argue against the existence of deities and beings who were invisible to human perception, but … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, divine election, epistemology, mysticism, the Fall, western intellectual heritage
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Artificial Government
A man can learn and decide to cut his losses. A bureaucracy is incapable of learning because it has no mind, only an instinct like cancer to survive and grow. It is unable to imagine cutting losses and moving on … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient Greece and Rome, bureaucracy, Creation, moral consciousness, peace with god, the Fall, tribal society
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Moral Complexities
It is a real challenge to stick to a heart-led conviction and wade through the mass of lies. For those of us still learning how to live by divine conviction, seeking to shake off generations of false religious teaching with … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, conviction, Covenant of Noah, divine justice, heart-led, politics, the Fall, violence
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It’s Alive
Mysticism is a struggle. We are always trapped in a system that cannot give full expression to what we can discern. Our postmodern Western society is designed to prevent everything that God intended for us. Even those wonderful mercies He … Continue reading
04 The Lost Heritage
After completing the full loop around Draper Lake today, I stopped off at Daniel’s Hill. Removing my helmet and facing into the wind, I prayed aloud. “Lord, I’m grateful for the way You have carried me through all the long … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, Covenant of Noah, Creation, heart-led, Hellenism, Law Covenants, the Fall
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01 An Elder’s Moral Covering
I’m not a leader; I’m an elder. I don’t lead; I provide moral covering. You’ll find plenty of biblical references to the symbol of “covering for sins.” It goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden and the … Continue reading
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Tagged covering, elder, moral dominion, the Fall
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The Failure of Evil
The problem with great evil is that it always rests on human frailty. Review: God created all things according to His own moral character. Reality itself is consistent with God’s personality. Second, He created a universe that rests somewhere within … Continue reading
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Tagged evil, government, heart-led, heart-mind, intellect, moral discernment, politics, Satan, the Fall, tribulation
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Variable Reality
Our good brother Jay DiNitto mentioned something in a recent post about Quantum Mechanics and how our conception of time is probably all wrong. Well, duh. We weren’t designed for this world. This world is not the original plan. To … Continue reading
A Sacrifice
I have made choices while deeply absorbed into a world of moral folly. Consequently, my choices were foolish, taking place outside the boundaries of my calling and covenant with Christ. Some of them resulted in permanent changes that I never … Continue reading
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Tagged Creation, heart-mind, mission, moral discernment, mysticism, otherworldly, spirituality, the Fall, western civilization
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Perfect Tense
The ultimate power on this earth is the power to remain focused on the moral demands of the Spirit Realm. It’s not even a question of the ability to act on such a focus, but merely to keep that focus … Continue reading
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Tagged divine revelation, moral discernment, mysticism, scripture, sin, symbolic logic, the Fall
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