Category Archives: eldercraft

Building Trust

I never wanted to control others; I’ve always tried to promote them in pursuing their own calling. When I first stated blogging some 25+ years ago, my only interest was simply having my say. I would have been quite surprised … Continue reading →

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Why Pick on the NAR?

It’s impossible to cover all the bases. If I wrote something every day, and if you were to read everything I wrote, you would still have questions about things I’ve said in terms of what I believe about this or … Continue reading →

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Reprise: New Apostolic Reformation

We are going to take a quick break from Hebrews and examine something very timely here. If the upcoming elections turn against Trump, we might see a surprising backlash coming from a shadowy religious group I’ve written about before. Maybe … Continue reading →

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Imprecatory Prayer for America

I’ll give you a model — Psalm 5 in full: 1 Listen to what I say, Lord! Carefully consider my complaint! 2 Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I am praying to you! … Continue reading →

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Scale of Management

If you examine the Scripture within its own cultural and philosophical context, you’ll find a wealth of practical wisdom. You won’t get a big pile of theory. The Hebrew language is not ore carts carrying treasures of reason; it is … Continue reading →

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Covering: Having and Sharing

A question that comes up from time to time: What’s the deal with ghosts? This is a mystery only because western mythology is so bad in general and just awful on this question. Context: The created natural world is alive, … Continue reading →

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The Gift of Truth

The word “unchurch” has been used by several different organizations. I wasn’t aware of any of them when I decided to steal the idea of “uncola” and apply it to church. I wrote up my concept 20 years ago; my … Continue reading →

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Talking about Unchurch?

How many different ways can people worship Mammon? American culture is inherently materialistic. The Enlightenment arose from a period of time when European middle-class people were finally doing well enough to get a decent education. They liked the pretense of … Continue reading →

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Just the Beginning

Time for some clarifications. The Covenant of Moses ended at the Cross. God’s covenant relations with humans were moved to a different kind of covenant, a spiritual covenant under His Son. There would no longer be a nation belonging to … Continue reading →

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House Churches

Re: Naked Bible 98: House Churches. In this episode, Heiser interviews a couple of men who have been involved in ministries and fellowships outside of the traditional institutional church atmosphere. This, of course, is something near and dear to my … Continue reading →

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