Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Blindness Part 1
My blindness is not seeing as God sees.My blindness is blindness towards God; blindness towards me; blindness towards the world and others.My blindness towards GOD is my blindness to the awful holiness of God, and also to the great love and grace He shows to me. He is high and lifted up. I must repent…
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Why the “Blind Pharisee”? Part 2
Besides the shallow and formalistic approach to God, I had the following characteristics. I thought I wasn’t all that bad and somehow merited God’s favor. I secretly thought I was “better” than other sinners. See Luke 18:9-14. To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this…
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Why the “Blind Pharisee”? Part 1
By calling myself “Pharisee” I do not arrogate to myself the deep devotion, focused dedication and integral commitment to GOD which characterized many Pharisee lives. After all, Paul was a preeminent Pharisee before Jesus confronted and overwhelmed him on the Damascus road. I meant to emphasize that I approached GOD in a mechanical, humanistic, and…
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The Christmas Card I Didn’t Send
What I Wish I had Written in Your Christmas Card For many years, I have celebrated Christmas in a superficial, secular way with a thin veneer of religiosity. My nativity scene says it all: a man, a woman and an infant, well fed, clean, well dressed (by 1st century Palestine style), good looking and comfortable.…
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