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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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Kiln of the Soul: More Who
I’ve attended all kinds of professional clergy development and church growth conferences. All of them hinged on copying the methods of corporate sales, but dressed up in nice inspirational language. Unfortunately, these will get you corporate sales results. The people … Continue reading
Hits and Misses
I’m often amazed how people gloss over this: Every encounter in life is a divine appointment, but not every divine appointment means God says “go with this”. Sometimes it’s an appointment to be tested, whether you’ll stand for God and … Continue reading
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Tagged divine election, divine mercy, marriage, predestination
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Dealing with Allies
Basic rule: Emphasize common ground. I’ve seen this problem all over; it’s not just on the Net. I’m hoping the Radix Fidem message doesn’t become tiresome and objectionable. It’s not about being respectable as the world sees it, but we … Continue reading
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Tagged common ground, community, organizational theory, peace, resistance
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Radix Fidem and Weddings
I’ve said this before: We are the New Israel, not the Old Israel. Some of what the Old Testament commands is not valid in Christ. Fortunately, Jesus and His Apostles did a fairly good job of helping us understand the … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Biblical Law, law, mainstream religion, rituals, society, weddings
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