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Another Big Step
This is my vision. Share it, steal from it, ignore it or even attack it if that’s how you feel led, but this is the fire in my boiler and it’s full steam ahead for me. Radix Fidem is fundamentally … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged Biblical Law, christian mysticism, church, divine calling, eldercraft, faith, mission, otherworldly, radix fidem, virtual religion
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Don’t Blame God
So far as we can tell, one of the earliest theological controversies in New Testament times was the business of God’s sovereignty and our temptation. The real issue was the difference between the ancient Hebrew intellectual traditions versus the Hellenized … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged ancient hebrew culture, ANE, faith, feudalism, historical context of the bible, temptation
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Law of Moses — Deuteronomy 7
We are no longer a political nation on this earth, but a spiritual kingdom infiltrating and overlaying the whole world on a higher level. So the lesson here is symbolic of something spiritual and moral in nature. Here we find … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged compromise, faith, idolatry, Law of Moses, parable, shalom, symbolic references
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Marriage: Path through the Shadows
What does God intend for us? Only that we have a desire to please Him. Everything else will take care of itself. I’m participating in a rather long discussion over at Jack’s blog about why America is such a horrible … Continue reading
Faithfully Balancing
I admit to an obsession: I waste a lot of time on Google Earth and similar mapping services to revisit the places I roamed in Europe thirty years ago. I watch videos of people hiking and biking those areas. Right … Continue reading
Posted in prophecy
Tagged artificial intelligence, Biblical Law, bicycling, Europe, Networked Civilization, prophecy, travel, tribulation
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The Mortality Filter
The hardest thing you’ll ever do is rewrite all the mental programming that demands you try to save this life and this world. Try to process: This world is damned and God will not permit it be saved. He wants … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged Creator, divine revelation, heart-led, mortality, peace with god, religion, shalom, spiritual birth
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Law of Moses — Deuteronomy 6
How would you maintain a feudal commitment to a Lord you never saw? In the previous chapter, Moses reminded the people that it was their own decision to avoid getting too close to God. They begged Moses to go and … Continue reading
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Tagged feudal obligations, heart-led, Law of Moses
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Your Own Word from God
A couple of weeks ago, Jack at Sigma Frame wrote this about prophecy: What is not commonly understood is that if a prophetic message says something about the future, then it is because God wishes to outline a judgment on … Continue reading
Posted in prophecy
Tagged convictions, disasters, divine calling, heart-led, mission, propaganda, prophecy
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A Psychology of Temptation
What does God really expect of you? Cry out to Him the moment you sense temptation coming at you. Of course, you first have to invest time and energy understanding what temptation is, and that requires you understand what sin … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged Creation, fleshly nature, heart-led, psychology, temptation, the Fall
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Our Virtual Covenant
When the aim is seeking to discern God’s revelation regarding various issues in life, a fundamental consideration in reading Scripture is to recognize whether the issue, and the people involved, are inside or outside the applicable covenant. Jesus operated from … Continue reading
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Tagged covenants, faith community, history israel, Judaism, Law of Moses, radix fidem, Talmud, virtual communion
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