The Parable of the Widow and Judge is found in Luke 18:1-8. In this case, Jesus used a traditional image depicting the feudal society of the Ancient Near East. Bailey notes that the apocryphal Wisdom of Ben Sirach (AKA Ecclesiasticus), included in the canon for Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics, features this imagery. When widows…
Tag: biblical feudalism
JTMEE: Chapter 8
Bailey’s penchant for elaborate lyrical analysis is on good display again here. The chapter opens with mention of the subject: the part of the Model Prayer that asks for holiness for His name. Then he immediately launches into a list of the items in the Model Prayer (BTW, he calls it by its traditional name,…
JTMEE: Chapter 7
Here we begin another section of the book (four chapters), which is devoted to the Model Prayer, Matthew 6:5-9. Bailey testifies that he was one of the first Christian professors to teach in Latvia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. At the conference he encountered a woman who had grown up under communism, and…
JTMEE: Chapter 2
I’ll start with a personal note. Because of the time I’ve spent counseling others, along with reading and interacting with Christian Manosphere blogs, I can safely conclude that my wife is a rare treasure. She’s like an alien creature untouched by mainstream feminist culture. She is morally mature and I’ve never had to play headgames…
Misreading Scripture: Rules and Relationships 01
Our authors begin the third level of examination of western confusion, the iceberg deep below the waterline. This is the final section of the book. While I mentioned this previously, they now start to talk about apparent self-contradictions in the Bible. Start with this guidance: Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest…
The Whole Command 01
While there are broader meanings in the words themselves, here I’ll use “grace” to refer to eternal election and redemption. The word “mercy” will emphasize God’s tolerance for our fallen human nature through the Covenant. God granting the Covenant of Moses to Israel was an act of mercy, but not a conduit of grace. When…
Crusader Failures
Protestants seldom realize just how much they agree with Catholics. I’ve had plenty of unpleasant encounters with evangelicals who are openly hostile to Catholicism. They are quite unforgiving that about my friendliness toward Catholics, just as I am not that difficult with other religious traditions. I get along okay with Orthodox, Mormons, and JWs just…
The Answer Long Established
If every man ought to be at least a nobleman under the Covenant, this settles a lot of other questions. There has been a long discussion across the manosphere over how we should go about restoring male dominance against the ubiquitous (and iniquitous) feminine self-worship. I don’t pretend to pass judgment on the various answers….
Every Man a Noble
In a previous post I referred to an article by Jayant Bhandari on Lew Rockwell’s site in which the author tells the damning truth about his homeland, India. Obviously, Bhandari is celebrating Western Civilization, but the meat of his article was the core issue of a high-trust versus low-trust society. In a follow-up article, Bhandari…
Church, Scripture and Heiser
A few questions came up. My answers, in more or less logical order… 1. Radix Fidem is a community of faith. The boundaries of inclusion are published. It’s not a catechism, nor even a statement of doctrine. The booklet is simply an outline of how we arrive at our teaching. The actual “church” has another…