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What Drives Me to This Crazy Mission
So, if we are going to join Jesus in going out after the lost sheep of the Covenant, what would that mean for us today? How do we restore what has been destroyed by previous generations? Where is the new … Continue reading
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Obedience Right Now
It’s all about God and His Covenant. God calls His Elect into the Covenant. Sadly, a great many of them don’t even understand this, so they miss out on some of what the Covenant offers. Election makes you God’s family; … Continue reading
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Tagged Covenant of Christ, God's wrath, human futility, sin, spiritual discipline, The Abyss
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Where Is the Focus?
Several years ago I rode my mountain bike around the shores of Lake Stanley Draper. It’s an artificial reservoir enclosed by a dam and fed by a pair of creeks (East and West Elm Creeks) and several smaller run-offs from … Continue reading
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Tagged fallen nature, Leviticus, offerings, ritual observances, sacrifices, worship
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Two Types of OT Law
Heiser said that we need to understand the Hebrew mindset about the Law of Moses. There are two types of law: serious moral concerns and mere ritual mistakes. Most of Leviticus is consumed in dealing with the latter. Rituals don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, Law of Moses, Leviticus, moral accountability, old testament, rituals
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Bike Ministry Stuff
Unless you’ve experienced it, I seriously doubt you could possibly get excited about leather stuff for cycling. I’ve had a leather saddle in the past. Others have said it better: Once you have it broke in, if you trash the … Continue reading
Pulled Away
You’ve heard it before: If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. Let me add: If you want to make God smile, ask Him about His plans. I realize how radical a shift it is for Americans … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant community of faith, divine revelation, feudalism, Michael S. Heiser, social sciences, tribalism, Unseen Realm
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PTSD 02
PTSD is not just on or off; there are degrees and varying types. Not every trauma provokes PTSD. After talking with some folks who were diagnosed with it, the common thread seems to be a sense of betrayal. When that … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant community of faith, epistemology, sanity, social welfare system, Unseen Realm
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PTSD 01
I had a dream last night — a nightmare, actually — that reminded me of something. PTSD: post traumatic stress disorder The label “PTSD” itself is overwrought, as if having it applied to you is a death sentence. The term … Continue reading
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Tagged government, medicine, mental-health, PTSD, system of logic, trauma
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The Trailer Arrives
1. The trailer finally arrived. Just so you’ll get a small taste of the experience, I’m doing the slow sequence of unboxing. It arrived by US Postal Service late in the day. I picked it up at the office during … Continue reading
Numerology versus Gematria
Then I saw another beast coming up from the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but was speaking like a dragon. He exercised all the ruling authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible translation, gematria, Kabbalism, numerology, symbolic references
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