Communion – For an Audience of One

Hunger of the Harlot, Hunger of the Bride

There are many indicators of the wide prevalence of the pseudo-Christianity of the harlot, but three in particular stand out: 1) The overt hunger and thirst after “milk and honey,” the mark of Paul’s man of lawlessness as described in I Timothy 6, a man who contrasts with the blessed elect saint whom Christ describes… Continue reading Hunger of the Harlot, Hunger of the Bride

Dominion and Authority in Scripture

Many of you are probably painfully aware of the current misuse of I Timothy 2:12, “A woman shall not teach a man.” There are a group of rather domineering personalities wielding this verse like club against our sisters, and their hypocrisy in criticizing domineering women by domineering over others themselves is blameworthy. Many of… Continue reading Dominion and Authority in Scripture

What is Deuteronomical Blessing?

I recently picked up a podcast at the recommendation of a “Christian” who lives in my community. I have been, like Stowe and MLK, at loggerheads trying to figure out why many of the “Christians” I encounter are far more like the man of Deuteronomy 29 than the man of Psalm 1. Listening to the… Continue reading What is Deuteronomical Blessing?

Famous Last Words

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!” –Matthew 23:23-24 These words… Continue reading Famous Last Words

Let There Be Light!

I am convinced that the “Oh first created beam!” chorus in Handel’s Samson not only equals, but surpasses the “Hallelujah Chorus.” The binding of wisdom in the expression of light is an antiphonal theme in the Creation and Incarnation. In Creation, light is the expression of God’s treasury of knowledge and wisdom, namely Christ. … Continue reading Let There Be Light!

Wisdom’s Treasures: Harriet Tubman–Humility and Hope in History

“But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.” –I Corinthians 1:27 We live in the age of materialistic positivism, and age which has discovered and harnessed, to a fault, the technology to build not one, but many… Continue reading Wisdom’s Treasures: Harriet Tubman–Humility and Hope in History

Tribalism

I’ve been reading Noel Rae’s The Great Stain, Elif Shafak’s Island of Missing Trees and The Bastard of Istanbul, and beginning to whet my mind on some of Zymgunt Bauman’s writing on ethics (which resonates powerfully with Charles Taylor’s, Hannah Arendt’s, and Miraslov Volf’s respective works). Then I ran into this article on Tribalism: https://en.unesco.org/courier/2017-october-december/philosophy-versus-tribalism.… Continue reading Tribalism

The Second Garden Scene

Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” –Jn 20:17 A man and a woman in the garden. The Scripture begins… Continue reading The Second Garden Scene

Fields of Gold (Part I)

“Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields…There I will give you my love.” –Song of Songs 7:11-12 “Therefore we will not fear…Be still and know that I am God.” –Psalm 46 There was a glimpse of sanity in the 80s, imagery in song that recalled golden fields, labor and love, and… Continue reading Fields of Gold (Part I)

Patriarchal History and the Gender Cold War

Gender consciousness has receded behind race consciousness in the past two years due to the George Floyd incident, but it is still a salient issue. Indeed, it is more pervasive, since it spans across race, ethnicity, and culture. Between divorce statistics, radical feminist calls to ‘freedom,’ a resentful implosion of male identity, and the hermaphroditic… Continue reading Patriarchal History and the Gender Cold War