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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
Posted in teaching
Tagged Christian Zionists, evangelism, Judaized Christianity, military, The Great Commission
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Many Are Called; Few Respond
We cannot know what Adam and Eve knew when they ate the Forbidden Fruit. We do get the feeling they were led astray, which is what we would expect. Satan came to them as a powerful archangel and they respected … Continue reading
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Tagged American Christian, ANE, Creation, heart-mind, Jesus Christ, kingdom of heaven, theology
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The Magic Jesus Wand
Some readers will not get this; sometimes it’s very hard to untangle the lies of linear thinking and binary logic. It’s a standard feature of American theology, as if human reason was the rule to which all belief must bow … Continue reading
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Tagged covering, Creation, Jesus Christ, Law and Grace, Law Covenants, spiritual birth
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Abraham’s Footprints
I’m not fit to tie Abraham’s shoes, but I do know something about how he got them dirty. He left behind everything he knew, a world where he was important and comfortable, and changed to a wholly different lifestyle. Eventually … Continue reading