The most important passage in the entire Bible is the Shema Yisrael—the essence of Judaism. The portion of the Shema that we are concerned with is called the “V’ahavta.” It contains the command “You shall love…” Jesus and the teachers of the law agreed that the V’ahavta was the greatest commandment. The V’ahavta is recorded …

A couple weeks ago I wrote “The Parable of the Four Soils” where I discussed the four types of soils—hearts of man—in which the seeds—the Word of God—were spread. One of the great things about the Parable of the Sower is that Jesus explained what it meant. Unlike many other …

One commenter makes an actual Haiku that says something similar: This echoes Paul, who said: God created reason for a purpose. To reject reason is to reject the tool that God has given us for a specific purpose. If we reject the tool, this implies a rejection of that purpose …

You’ve probably heard it said that faith is blind. You might think that faith is a non-intellectual matter of the heart, as in the modern English sense of ‘heart’… …and not in the sense of ‘heart’ that was meant when the Bible was first translated into English: Isn’t it curious how …

I’ve been following along with Ed Hurst’s review of “Hebrew Thought Compared with Greek” by Thorleif Boman (HTCG). I’ve been enjoying the analysis immensely. My last post was on “HTCG, Chapter 1, Section C: Non-Being.” Now, regarding Chapter 2, “Section C: The Impression of Things,” Ed Hurst says this: Here …

Sometimes when I make a claim, I receive a comment like this: Here is a real-life example of this phenomenon: In order to show that I have not, in fact, misrepresented anything, I take the time to analyze the source material in-depth. I write a detailed response. Perhaps it is …

I’ve been following along with Ed Hurst’s review of Hebrew Thought Compared with Greek by Thorleif Boman (HTCG). It has been very interesting. Given my background, I wouldn’t say that the issues Boman or Hurst are raising are novel or surprising—the issues they raise are not new—but it is very intriguing. Regarding …

In “The Occult in the Mainstream Church, Part 3” I pointed out what the actual definition of polytheism is and then proceeded to explain why the Divine Council view is polytheism by definition. Then someone came by and reminded me of Bnonn Tennant’s posts. So let’s delve right in, shall we? …

In Part 3, I gave a quote by Bruce Charlton where he noted that what “Trad” Christians desire most is not something that has ever been found in Christianity. The hierarchical and patriarchal societies that they so deeply want are only found in other religions and cultures. Those who seek …

NOTE: I’m pretty sure that the subtext of the comment below is Sigma Frame’s “The Stronghold of the Beta Factory” (or else the general meta-discussion happening on related blogs).   Per Charlton (here):   As an aside, what we’ve been discussing (e.g. in “Postivism“) matches what Charlton says: Any treatment …