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Partisan Church Politics
I confess that I belong to a partisan movement within Church History. I’ve shared this on the forum. I promote the shepherd image of church leadership, and the relative independence of lay people. The flock is the whole point. What … Continue reading
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Tagged church politics, eldercraft, shepherd role
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Leaving the Herd 05
We need to make some distinctions before I end this series. The individualism of the West is a very poor match for biblical self-reliance. The former arises from the challenge of survival that became an inherited trait of in the … Continue reading
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Tagged church, church politics, community, fellowship, individual faith, individualism, shepherd role
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Leaving the Herd 04
Part 1 of this series provided a foundation and overview. Part 2 outlines the essential elements of mysticism in faith. Part 3 warns about the incompatibilities of faith with mainstream Christian religion. I’m not suggesting church people do not have … Continue reading
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Tagged church history, church leadership, decentralization, individual faith, Judaism
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Leaving the Herd 03
Part 1 of this series provided a foundation and overview. Part 2 outlines the essential elements of mysticism in faith. You already know that the mainstream western churches uniformly reject Biblical Law. They are not feudal, tribal or heart-led. There’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, christian mysticism, church politics, isolation, radix fidem
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Leaving the Herd 02
Part 1 of this series provided a foundation and overview. We must make ourselves conscious that the only thing egalitarian about our human existence is that we all start out doomed to Hell. We are fallen, and our human existence … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, christian mysticism, covenant, Garden of Eden, heart-led, parables
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Leaving the Herd 01
Conversations and online reading convince me that, even among those who should know better, an awful lot of people still believe that some kind of bailout is possible. They talk and write as if they expect the Lord to provide … Continue reading
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Tagged disasters, divine election, divine revelation, heart-led, human intellect, predestination, sanity, solar catastrophes
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Slimjet Censors Websites
In the past I had recommended the Slimjet browser as a good alternative to Google Chrome. It has some nifty features. However, an unexpected “feature” recently appeared: It censors some websites. I was testing how Slimjet worked under certain conditions … Continue reading
Reality Inherently Flawed
A lot of people struggle with this: Reality is variable between observers. It is utterly impossible to arrive at a single inclusive answer. It’s not a question of what is, but of how we must approach the question, and what … Continue reading
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Tagged fallen nature, human futility, reality, science, speculation
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NT Doctrine — Acts 7
Israel never seemed to understand that their national identity was not the DNA of Abraham, but their adherence to the Covenant. They were never very good at inviting others to embrace the revelation they were given for that very purpose. … Continue reading →