Lookahead:  A couple of days ago, I came across a seasonal photo on the website of a well-known e-store which was linked to their holiday portal.  On the surface, it was a humorous plug for Halloween costumes.  But the photograph ironically captured the quintessential dichotomy between good and evil--and also encapsulated predominant Western philosophical thought … Continue reading Unpacking #32 – Side-Hugging on the Holiday?

Lookahead: My question was, why would these teens be seeking external validation?  Answer:  they were probably trying to escape the mode of rehearsing negative internal scripts that originate from words spoken by people in their lives.  Unfortunately (in this frying pan-to-fire scenario) the most dangerous and damaging aspect of social media immersion is that the youth of … Continue reading Unpacking #31 – Judging A Bro = Judging Not Doing the Law

Lookahead: It does occur to me that this is "a lot of overhead."  But it just goes to show that it takes a lot of energy not to judge and to essentially overcome human nature.  Which brings me to (6):  I acknowledge that humans make lousy judges, so I purposely defer to Him.  Basically, people … Continue reading Unpacking #30 – Jesus and James on Judging

Lookahead:  This past weekend, I stumbled upon a new ChatGPT-based Android Bot for cell phones that "role plays" Jesus! In the "How Scared of Artificial Intelligence Should We Be?" category:  I could envision that a person would be so desperate to hear from God (for example, in prolonged crisis, in the middle of another sleepless … Continue reading Unpacking #29 – you’re a bot and He is not

Lookahead: Au contraire, all that the left-brainer Bible Translator Lady did was to believe in Jesus and pray whenever a demonic manifestation happened--that God would protect the people and get rid of the demons.  Then she got the people converted, and taught them to pray for themselves.  The demons postured and threatened and threw temper … Continue reading Unpacking #28 – Opening the Door to the demonic