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Monthly Archives: January 2018
Secrecy Lies
Let’s explore another value shift: secrecy. In the Bible, secrecy is a valid tactic, but is immoral as a strategy. That is, you can deny your enemy knowledge of the facts of your tactical plan, but you cannot hide from … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged Biblical Mysticism, communion, epistemology, faith, Garden of Eden, philosophy, propositional truth, redemption, western epistemology
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A Shift in Values
Some of our biggest challenges arise from overcoming bad conditioning. Our society has an obsession with “saving time” — by which is implied not wasting something that is precious and hard to get. There are a whole raft of assumptions … Continue reading
FYI: Soulkiln Server Down (Fixed)
Not sure what’s going on with the static server but if you are using the email address at soulkiln.org, I can’t get the emails. Please notice that the problem is not with mail delivery on the blog address (soulkiln.blog). The … Continue reading
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Adjust Your Perceptions
You cannot know Christ without your heart. It may well be you are His, bought with a price, but you cannot truly know Him without a mystical encounter through your heart-mind. It’s not a question of sentiment, though it will … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged Biblical Law, Creation, divine revelation, Garden of Eden, heart-led, Jesus Christ, natural world, Second Coming, the Fall
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Glossolalia and Such
This tends to be a sticky issue because too many people take themselves too seriously. As a consequence, they take their positions on things too seriously, and get mightily offended if your position is different. I’ve had considerable experience working … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged covenant, fellowship, Fruits of the Spirit, radix fidem, spiritual gifts
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Sermon on the Mount 15
Judge Not 7:1-6 Jesus cites another Talmudic teaching. Matthew uses a neutral Greek word for “judge” (krino) — it’s meaning is entirely contextual. Thus, Jesus puts that teaching into a clear context regarding the hypocrisy so common to Scribes and … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged kingdom of heaven, Messiah, moral discernment, oppression, penitence, shalom, sin
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It Was Never Real
Churches that emphasize changing the world are little more than political institutions. Such churches have chosen to participate in God’s cattle-herding of those oblivious to His will. This has nothing to do with whether they might actually be the sheep … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged Creation, evangelism, Garden of Eden, human perception, otherworldly, politics, religion, the Fall, Two Realms
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Eternal Outsiders
We of Radix Fidem and the heart-led way do not see ourselves as a nation or tribe among others on this earth. Rather, we are a tribe and nation on a totally different level. Our tribal communion is in the … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged government, Islam, Judaism, mysticism, oppression, otherworldly, politics, psychology, religion, western christianity
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Tech Update: Intel CPU Flaw Mitigations
All the recent noise about Intel processors having flaws boils down to two specific issues. The tech community has nicknamed them Meltdown and Spectre. Meltdown was not so very hard to deal with, which is a lucky thing, because it … Continue reading
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Lord, Open Their Eyes
One of the primary consequences of the American Christian obsession with “going to Heaven” is the obvious estrangement from Biblical Law and the riches of living in shalom in the fallen world. It’s more than mere disconnected doctrine, though; it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Zionists, evangelism, Judaized Christianity, military, The Great Commission
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