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Moral Talents
The heart-led way is the path of moral excellence, for the heart is the seat of human moral awareness. The human instinct for survival is a natural part of fleshly existence. In the Garden of Eden, it was never an … Continue reading
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Tagged eldercraft, fleshly nature, heart-led, human capabilities, moral character, moral perception, otherworldly
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Power for the Future
You can be a witness only for what you have experienced personally. I embraced the doctrine of Divine Election because it explained my personal faith experience. I did not choose Christ; He chose me. I had no choice. It wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged convictions, divine election, faith community, orthodoxy, personal experience
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Salvation Is Not in Your Head
Radix Fidem doctrine: The key issue is personal loyalty to Christ. What you may or may not know about Him, and what you believe about the Bible and its contents, will not send you to Heaven or Hell. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged eldercraft, faith, human intellect, Jesus Christ, orthodoxy, submission to God, the Devil
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You Need to See for Yourself
We need insight into the Unseen Realm. We need more believers capable of discerning what’s going on with the boundary line between our limited reality and the realm of Darkness. A primary feature of our culture is the smoke and … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Mysticism, demons, Hebrew epistemology, otherworldly, Satan, teaching, Unseen Realm
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Limited Reach
I’m prompted to address something that may not be obvious. As always, I don’t take myself that seriously. For now, I’m the senior elder for a small community of people who identify with the label “Radix Fidem”. The vast majority … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical manhood, biblical womanhood, eldercraft, moral authority, radix fidem
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Not in Our Hands
The Covenant People of God are in the world, but not of it. We can declare the Conservative Dads’ pin-up calendar evil. It’s all we can do to avoid staring at it ourselves, but we should never twitch a finger … Continue reading
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Tagged convictions, covenant community of faith, divine election, eldercraft, feudalism
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Parish Fellowship
Yesterday, our online community met via Skype video. Four showed up. It was good to see each other that way, as close to meeting face-to-face as we are likely to do for a while, yet. Some of us had to … Continue reading
Don’t Defy God
Following a debate online, I felt compelled to make one distinction: I am utterly sexist because the Bible fits the definition of sexist according to modern usage of the word. However, I am by no means a traditionalist within this … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical manhood, biblical womanhood, Western society
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Kiln of the Soul: Leadership
Instead of a rational framework, I want to present our vision in terms of boundaries. Some of it is in layers. There’s no way I can cover everything that might arise as we move forward in this vision, but there … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant community of faith, divine calling
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Kiln of the Soul: Layers
We continue where I left off with the previous post: The core of our fellowship is people deeply committed to Christ, with the kind of faith that keeps them clinging to Him through disasters. This is the first and most … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant community of faith, eldership, feudalism, individual faith, kiln of the soul, pastoral care
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