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  • (408)S15E30 Simplicity: Consequentialism's Complexity

    (408)S15E30 Simplicity: Consequentialism's Complexity
    Dec 15 2025

    I take a look at how consequentialism's ethic is antithetical to the way of the simple good.


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    Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: https://www.religion-online.org/book/purity-of-heart-is-to-will-one-thing/

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  • (407)S15E29 Simplicity: Sabbath and Community

    (407)S15E29 Simplicity: Sabbath and Community
    Dec 8 2025
    I discuss the importance of Sabbath and community as a remedy for the illnesses created in us by our technological society. A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thewayfourth/?modal=admin_todo_tourYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd3KlRte86eG9U40ncZ4XA?view_as=subscriberInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theway4th/ Kingdom Outpost: https://kingdomoutpost.org/My Reading List Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21940220.J_G_ElliotPurity of Heart is to Will One Thing: https://www.religion-online.org/book/purity-of-heart-is-to-will-one-thing/Arendt on Loneliness: https://web.archive.org/web/20250731200849/https://www.vox.com/vox-conversations-podcast/23048597/vox-conversations-hannah-arendt-totalitarianism-the-philosophersHeschel's Sabbath: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345500.The_SabbathMost of us seem to labor for the sake of things of space. As a result we suffer from a deeply rooted dread of time and stand aghast when compelled to look into its face.Technical civilization is man’s conquest of space. It is a triumph frequently achieved by sacrificing an essential ingredient of existence, namely, time. In technical civilization, we expend time to gain space. To enhance our power in the world of space is our main objective. Yet to have more does not mean to be more. The power we attain in the world of space terminates abruptly at the borderline of time. But time is the heart of existence.1It is impossible for man to shirk the problem of time. The more we think the more we realize: we cannot conquer time through space. We can only master time in time.4 The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments. In a religious experience, for example, it is not a thing that imposes itself on man but a spiritual presence. 5 What is retained in the soul is the moment of insight rather than the place where the act came to pass. A moment of insight is a fortune, transporting us beyond the confines of measured time. Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.While the deities of other peoples were associated with places or things, the God of Israel was the God of events: the Redeemer from slavery, the Revealer of the Torah, manifesting Himself in events of history rather than in things or places.It is, indeed, a unique occasion at which the distinguished word qadosh is used for the first time: in the Book of Genesis at the end of the story of creation. How extremely significant is the fact that it is applied to time: “And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy.”7 There is no reference in the record of creation to any object in space that would be endowed with the quality of holiness. This is a radical departure from accustomed religious thinking. The mythical mind would expect that, after heaven and earth have been established, God would create a holy place—a holy mountain or a holy spring—whereupon a sanctuary is to be established. Yet it seems as if to the Bible it is holiness in time, the Sabbath, which comes first. When history began, there was only one holiness in the world, holiness in time. When at Sinai the word of God was about to be voiced, a call for holiness in man was proclaimed: “Thou shalt be unto me a holy people.” It was only after the people had succumbed to the temptation of worshipping a thing, a golden calf, that the erection of a Tabernacle, of holiness in space, was commanded.8 The sanctity of time came first, the sanctity of man came second, and the sanctity of space last.What is so luminous about a day? What is so precious to captivate the hearts? It is because the seventh day is a mine where spirit’s precious metal can be found with which to construct the palace in time, a dimension in which the human is at home with the divine; a dimension in which man aspires to approach the likeness of the divine. For where shall the likeness of God be found? There is no quality that space has in common with the essence of God. There is not enough freedom on the top of the mountain; there is not enough glory in the silence of the sea. Yet the likeness of God can be found in time, which is eternity in disguise.According to the Stagirite, “we need relaxation, because we cannot work continuously. Relaxation, then, is not an end”; it is “for the sake of activity,” for the sake of gaining strength for new efforts.2 To the biblical mind, however, labor is the means toward an end, and the Sabbath as a day of rest, as a day of abstaining from toil, is not for the purpose of recovering one’s lost strength and becoming fit for the forthcoming labor. The Sabbath is a day for the sake of life. Man is not a beast of burden, and the Sabbath is not for the purpose of enhancing the efficiency of his work. “Last in ...
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  • (406)S15E28 Simplicity: The Heavenly Multitude

    (406)S15E28 Simplicity: The Heavenly Multitude
    Dec 1 2025

    I continue looking at the issue of diversity and whether it is a preference or obligation.

    A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!

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    Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: https://www.religion-online.org/book/purity-of-heart-is-to-will-one-thing/

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    25 m
  • (405)S11E11/1 I Changed My Mind

    (405)S11E11/1 I Changed My Mind
    Nov 24 2025

    I discuss how some realizations have changed my mind as to the possibility of large scale conspiracies being more probable.

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    • Propaganda Season Outline: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xa4MhYMAg2Ohc5Nvya4g9MHxXWlxo6haT2Nj8Hlws8M/edit?usp=sharing


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    19 m
  • (404)S15E27 Simplicity: Diversity

    (404)S15E27 Simplicity: Diversity
    Nov 16 2025

    I explore the idea of diversity in relation to simplicity.

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    40 m
  • (403)S15E26 Simplicity: Busyness the Antithesis

    (403)S15E26 Simplicity: Busyness the Antithesis
    Nov 10 2025

    I explore what Kierkegaard and others have identified as a primary antithesis of simplicity - busyness.

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    Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: https://www.religion-online.org/book/purity-of-heart-is-to-will-one-thing/
    The Anxious Generation: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/171681821-the-anxious-generation

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    45 m
  • (402)S15E25 Jesus Loves Canaanites: Interview w/Randal Rauser

    (402)S15E25 Jesus Loves Canaanites: Interview w/Randal Rauser
    Nov 2 2025

    I had the privilege of interviewing Randal Rauser on his book, "Jesus Loves Canaanites."

    00:00 - My introduction
    06:15 - Randal Rauser's introduction
    12:20 - Epistemology and intuition
    18:45 - Selective invocation of intuition
    26:15 - Is the inerrantist position subjective?
    34:00 - Historical confidence in the text
    39:15 - Reframing "errors"
    49:20 - Obscuring atrocities
    54:45 - Real world ramifications
    51:15 - Association with genocide adherents?


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    My Reading List Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21940220.J_G_Elliot
    Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: https://www.religion-online.org/book/purity-of-heart-is-to-will-one-thing/
    Jesus Loves Canaanites: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57775991-jesus-loves-canaanites?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
    Abraham's Silence: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55782927-abraham-s-silence-the-binding-of-isaac-the-suffering-of-job-and-how-to?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=m85oPXHDad&rank=1
    Bauckham on Revelation: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271806.The_Theology_of_the_Book_of_Revelation?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=h4FoopjtEl&rank=2
    Laying Down the Sword: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11254204-laying-down-the-sword?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=kYGPEpFHC0&rank=1
    Epistle to Diognetus: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0101.htm
    Tertullian's "On Patience": https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0325.htm
    The Patient Ferment of the Early Church: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26266696-the-patient-ferment-of-the-early-church?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=AJrAs82IA7&rank=1
    Was the Destruction of the Canaanites Just?: https://clayjones.net/2015/03/canaanites/
    Is God a Moral Monster: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9612357-is-god-a-moral-monster-making-sense-of-the-old-testament-god?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11

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  • (401)S15E24 Simplicity: Circumscribing God

    (401)S15E24 Simplicity: Circumscribing God
    Oct 26 2025

    I look at another angle to the idolization of the doctrine of inerrancy.

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    Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: https://www.religion-online.org/book/purity-of-heart-is-to-will-one-thing/
    Circumscribing God: https://medium.com/@thewayfourth/circumscribing-god-fd618dc4eb86
    When God Spoke Greek: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17349801-when-god-spoke-greek?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=NRD4Ro0q2H&rank=1
    Inspired Imperfection: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44132016-inspired-imperfection?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=cNOfvSZ55T&rank=6
    Inspiration and Incarnation: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270774.Inspiration_and_Incarnation?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rINA1CSiYF&rank=1
    The Sin of Certainty: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25816844-the-sin-of-certainty?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=JqUmN5eA1P&rank=2
    Inerrancy and the Autographs: https://jwwartick.com/2023/12/18/inerrancy-autographs/
    1 Timothy Complexity: https://youtu.be/8EDMoDAF3BI?si=TS5gqqcSPYBo7ene

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    16 m