The Post-Material Consciousness
The Rich Man's Catalog of First Concerns are, "The Symbols of Wealth," "Superfluity," and "Vanity" So, we learn the material mind = ROOTED IN THE SELF That behooves the question: What is in my catalog of First Concerns?...
The Ideal Man – Part 3
MEMORANDUM # 3 THE IDEAL MALE: THE PASSIONATE MIND 1. A LOT IS SAID ABOUT SIN OF ADULTERY — CHAPTERS 5,7 2. ABOUT THE SIN OF FORNICATION — CHAPTER 6 3. AVOIDING THE WAYWARD WIFE — CHAPTER 6 4. SEX HERE IS PRESENTED IN THE ABSTRACT (IDEA) -COULD STAND...
The Ideal Man – Part 2
MEMORANDUM # 2 THE IDEAL MALE AND RECIPROCAL RELATIONS 4:1-27 1. EXPERIENCE IS “INTERLOCKED” BY RECIPROCAL RELATIONS BETWEEN WISDOM OF GOD —————- WORLD 2. IDEAL MALE (EVEN FROM YOUTH) DOES NOT OPERATE ON SELF UNDERSTANDING CONVENTIONAL WISDOM PHENOMENOLOGY “PRACTICALITY” –BUT RATHER ON RECIPROCAL RELATIONS BETWEEN…… WISDOM OF GOD————–HUMAN MIND...
The Ideal Man – Part 1
MEMORANDA REGARDING THE IDEAL MAN By J. Michael Strawn Memorandum: “a short note designating something to be remembered” “something to be done or acted upon” Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary How to read this book: The book of Proverbs is a high compression of ideas. We release the compression...
Idolatry and Three-Place Logic
As the study entitled “Six Idols In Daniel” shows, idolatry as seen by the Lord isn’t confined to the act of bowing down to a graven image. Idolatry is the elevation of any human construct or idea above God Himself. In this brief lesson, we will examine the concepts...
The Phases of Faith in the Call of Jeremiah
The call of Jeremiah in Jeremiah chapter one is significant to the modern believer for many reasons. One reason is that the way in which God called His servant to a particular task can be generalized in such a way that we can apply it to the call of...
Dr. J. Michael Strawn
Dr. Strawn received his Doctor of Ministry from Trinity Southwest University under the mentorship of world-renowned linguist Dr. John W. Oller Jr. where he first learned of the relationship of facts to representations. Soon the university’s professors and leadership were so strongly influenced by his writings and teachings that...
The Creative Extrusion
The book of Romans is the infusion of the thought and intentions of God into a Gentile worldview; or more properly, into a Gentile cosmology. This cosmology had formed the framework of the way they thought about everything, and God was calling them out of it into absolute obedience...
The Problem of Human Standardization
The problem of human standardization exists because, quite in contrast to what is said in Romans 11:33-36, man sets himself up as the standard and context against which all other things are judged. In Romans we see the existence of an uncontexted spiritual reality, in which we see four...
The Psychology of Measurement
This study has to do with the last in the series called The Psychology of Measurement and it deals with words that are translated in the English Bible as refuge. You can take your concordance to see what various Hebrew words are. As you take the compilation of those...