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Reprise: Heart Power
Roughly 11 years ago I embarked on a study regarding the power of the heart as a primary organizing force in our human existence. Someone had introduced the concept to me, but from a peculiar angle that really didn’t set … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Studies, books, faith, heart-led, Jan Walleczek, sensory heart, Western mythology
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Conscience and Conviction
We can say that your conscience is your capacity to read your convictions. Conscience is the interface between your conscious mind and your convictions. But the conscience needs training; the convictions do not. The convictions are not developed but discovered. … Continue reading
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Tagged conscience, conviction, divine revelation, Hebrew epistemology, Hebrew language, Hellenism, sin, the Cross, Western mythology
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Trying to Control the Uncontrollable
It has been centuries since the world has seen a military force under covenant. Individual troopers can gain some limited measure of personal moral covering, but the institution itself is owned by Satan. Thus, any discussion of what the military … Continue reading
Western Idolatries 01
In our studies in the Law of Moses up to this point, we should have absorbed some indications of how God views human activity after the Fall. We cannot go on through life giving credence to Western notions of democratic … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, divine revelation, human reason, Law of Moses, the Fall, war, Western mythology
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The Hardest Message to Share
This is easily one of the hardest lessons of Christian Mysticism: Peace, prosperity and safety are not valid goals. They are at best the by-products of pursuing goals that are valid. The only valid goal of human life under Biblical … Continue reading
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Tagged christian mysticism, church, communion, covenant community of faith, eldercraft, mainstream christianity, radix fidem, Western mythology
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The True Guardian of Souls
I won’t tell you that your heart will protect your mind, only that it can. There is a large body of clinical literature on the power and limits of verbal manipulation. It works best when practiced by a certain group … Continue reading
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Tagged convictions, heart-led, human reason, intellect, prayer, psychology, western civilization, Western mythology
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Reprise: On Conspiracy Theories
The roots of Anglo-American culture are mostly pagan. It’s a combination of Greco-Roman Civilization and Germanic tribal culture. The influence of Christian religion was highly compromised well before it gained any entry into the mix. From both pagan antecedents we … Continue reading
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Tagged conspiracy theories, Creator, pagan mythology, The Cult, Western mythology
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Love and Law
When you take away familial warmth from a society, you destroy everything. That destruction is seldom immediate, so most people lack the ability to understand this with their intellects; it requires a heart-led consciousness. The problem for us today is … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, divine revelation, government, heart-led, Law and Grace, Law Covenants, sacrificial love, scripture, Western mythology
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Discernment 05: Occupy
In general, if a particular health issue doesn’t yield to standard medical treatment, it is likely related to demonic presence. That goes for other shalom failures in life, as well. If it resists sensible moral treatment, then you should suspect … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible History, Biblical Law, demons, geography, Satan, scripture, Western mythology
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Radix Fidem Curriculum: Anthropology
6. Anthropology Westerners in general, and Americans in particular, are bound under a horrific, demonic mythology about the heart. It’s far more than an organ that pumps blood through you body. Even scientists know that the heart has its own … Continue reading
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Tagged conscience, heart-led, human nature, intellect, parables, sensory heart, Western mythology
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