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Ride Photos 21
Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County are supposed to be working on replacing some damage to the bridge over Crutcho Creek on Midwest Boulevard. I noted some two years ago when the road was blocked off that there never was any … Continue reading
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Tagged cycling, Draper Lake, geography, photography, traffic accidents
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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
Posted in eldercraft
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
Posted in teaching
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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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
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Tagged commentary on acts, Israel, Jews, NT History, OT History, Stephen
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NT Doctrine — Acts 8:26-40
The first treasure door had been opened. The gospel message had gone to Samaritans, and it was confirmed that Christ included them in His treasury of souls, because they received the Spirit of Christ. There were more doors to open. … Continue reading →