In the Bible, good and evil are inherently contextual. The context is us; it applies to us alone, not the whole universe. In yesterday’s post, I mentioned that the Bible doesn’t use the word “evil” the way we do in English. It is not an absolute quality, but limited to the context. When God says…
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Mindwar is the Real Fight
Over and over again: The real conflict we face is informational. It’s not about the boots on the ground, nor the bodies lying in trenches. Those are but the symptoms. Were it not for the lies, those boots and bodies would be at home. Orwell’s vision was a kindergarten party compared to the “Orwellian” lies…
The Doctrine of War
Do you understand that the only peace that matters is peace with God? First, a little context: Covenant family should love each other without reservation. We should care about our allies, treat well those pagans who are of some use to us, and even be ready to shame our enemies by acting more forgiving then…
More than a Passover
A little more on my expectations, this is simply how I look at things. I react to everything from a frame of reference. There are certain expectations based on eternal truth, things that are in the Bible as a warning about our situation in this fallen world. Regular readers can already guess at least some…
Multi-level Reckoning
We can understand the social sciences. Granted, the field is rife with sheer truculent stupidity and evil, but the broad knowledge of human nature is still there. We can still make sense of the data and analysis for things like economics and politics as long as you have no dog in the fight. The problem…
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…
Powers and Authorities
Without any rhetorical explanation, you should understand how yesterday’s post renders human political concerns rather insignificant. We have far more important issues than to worry about the next shift in political winds. At the same time, it’s not to say there is nothing about human politics to discuss. Rather, they become a mundane concern, instead…
What We Take for Granted
There seems to be some confusion about what Michael S. Heiser says in his several books explaining various aspects of the Unseen Realm from a Hebrew point of view. The confusion regards various roles, as to who can do what. Granted, there are some distinctions difficult to make. I’ve already noted how we cannot really…
Mindwar
One of our fundamental teachings is that the nature of the Fall was choosing to trust human perception to answer the question of what is good and evil. Morality is thus determined from the inside, not from the Source external to us. And morality becomes a matter of convenience, as opposed to a system by…
The Big Surprise
Dr. Heiser seemed to believe that Satan and his minions were not aware that Jesus came specifically to die on the Cross. I consider this a mistake. First, the Wilderness Temptation indicates that the Tempter was trying to derail Jesus’ commitment to His mission as the Suffering Servant of Isaiah. Instead, the Devil wanted Him…