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- Matthew 4:18-22: Why Did They Follow Him?
- Psalm 26, Self-Righteousness, and the Company We Keep
- Why Did Jesus Tell Mary, "Mine Hour Is Not Yet Come" (John 2:4)?
- Exodus 22:2-3 and Self-Defense
- Your Father Was an Amorite
- Book Write-Up: A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion
- Genesis 3:3: Neither Shall Ye Touch the Fruit
- Did Adam and Eve Have the Holy Spirit?: "The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan"
- The Seating Arrangement at the Last Supper
- The Death Penalty
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Recent Posts
- The New American on Pro-Life Laws and Keri Lake
- Tucker’s 5/17/2022 Monologue
- The Z Man: The Party’s Over
- David Cole on the Absurdity of WaPo “Fact-Checking” and the Woke “Words Kill” Meme
- FAIR: What You Should Really Know About Ukraine
- NYMAG: Joe Biden’s Big Squeeze
- Book Write-Up: The Alchemy Thief, by R.A. Denny
- Book Write-Ups: The Servant of the Lord and His Servant People; Reformation Commentary on John 13-21; Every Leaf, Line, and Letter
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Tag Archives: The Different Drum
Peck on the My Lai Massacre
In this post, I’d like to talk about M. Scott Peck’s discussion of the My Lai Massacre in his book, People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil. Wikipedia defines the My Lai Massacre as: “the Vietnam War … Continue reading
Posted in History, Political Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Skills
Tagged m scott peck, People of the Lie, The Different Drum
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Spiritual Alienation, Yet Extroversion
I got a lot read of M. Scott Peck’s The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace. A significant part of this book overlaps with Peck’s Further Along the World Less Traveled, in the sense that Peck discusses the four spiritual … Continue reading
Posted in Asperger's, Community, Religion
Tagged lonely feeling, m scott peck, Religion, selfish desires, spiritual interests, spiritual stages, The Different Drum, theology
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The Basement Group
In my latest reading of The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace, M. Scott Peck talks about the Basement Group, a group that gathered together once a week to discuss spirituality. In Peck’s story, the Basement Group started with a … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Religion, Social Skills
Tagged m scott peck, The Different Drum
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A Place Where People Can Be
I started M. Scott Peck’s The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace. I’d like to use as my starting-point something that Peck says on page 103, as he describes a hypothetical group that has entered into a state of community: … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Asperger's, Community, Social Skills
Tagged m scott peck, The Different Drum
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James' Ramblings 