Gnostic Abstraction vs. the Logos Living with the Substrate: Theodicy, Form, and Ethical Motion Rev. Dr. Douglas Blake Olds 3 February 2026 Abstract This essay develops, in contrast to the historiically recurrent patterns of gnosticism, a Logos‑centered metaphysical and ethical framework grounded in Hebrews 5:13–14, which locates mature discernment not in speculative abstraction but in senses trained through embodied, historical practice. Drawing on the Antiochene exegetical tradition, it argues that metaphysics must be rooted in proprioceptive responsibility, repentance, and ethical formation, rather than in aesthetic or formal coherence. Against this framework, the essay critiques contemporary theological and secular tendencies—exemplified by elevation of aesthetic plenitude as metaphysical principle. —for subordinating ethics to a self‑validating continuity of form. Biblical virtue ethics (see Olds 2023 ) , by contrast, situates moral judgm...
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Epiphany on the Church's calendar. 2026 Edition Rev. Dr. Douglas Blake Olds (Ret.) Gospel of Matthew 2:2 does not necessarily suggest astrology led the Magi to seek the baby Jesus on what is now known as the Feast of Epiphany . "We saw his star dawning" suggests that they had read the times foretold in scriptures and the star confirmed their inner readiness to receive the incarnated God of the Universe who is not barred from entering, challenging, and testing our recognition of God's transcendent power with the earth. The Piebald Advent is finished . Christ has been returning on the clouds (Rev. 1:7-9) that few have either been allowed by algorithm to read, or could be bothered to do so. Satan has been eclipsed, the A ntichrist identified . The eclipsing Day of the Lord is becoming manifest: comes the flood of judgments of Noanic proportion (Amos 5:24). An “everflowing stream” of righteousness that leads to life. Those who survive the accounting meekly inherit what e...
The Piebald Advent Dissolved by a Rainbow Rev. Dr. Douglas Blake Olds (Ret.), December 26, 2025 The Piebald Advent is finished. Christ has been returning on the clouds (Rev. 1:7-9) that few have either been allowed by algorithm to read, or could be bothered to do so. Satan has been eclipsed, the Antichrist identified and misadventured by a seasonal overlap. I am commanded to announce the eclipsing Day of the Lord: comes the flood of judgments of Noanic proportion (Amos 5:24). An “everflowing stream” of righteousness that leads to life. Those who survive the accounting meekly inherit what endures on earth (Matt. 5:5). Those who do not are not raptured into pie-in-the-sky. Substrate accountability matters, not algorithmics. Boxing Day reveals P roverbs 13:22 where some theives of the night come lockboxed for punishment, others to be unboxed. 2024 Christmas Eve I wrote: MUDDY CHANNEL RUNOFF INTO BAY (12242024) Zone of mixing kicking up a hor...