Category Archives: religion

False Advertising

It’s a personal hobby horse: I’d rather be brutally honest and let things fall where they may than to ever be guilty of deception. I found a decent explanation of how a great many modern church organizations are attempting to … Continue reading

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They Despise Us

You may be familiar with the term “geofencing” — a technique used to identify targets for an advertising campaign. Some agency will mark out a territory wherein they want to harvest targets for their ad campaign in the belief that … Continue reading

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Retreat Is a Treat

This week’s Bible lesson will bend the definition a bit. From time to time Jesus would break away from the burdens of ministry to be alone with His disciples. Getting away from the daily grind to give more space for … Continue reading

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Ignoring God’s Boundaries

Re: Heiser’s Naked Bible Podcast on Leviticus 10 The main point I picked up was that the Hebrew narrative is a little ambiguous in wording regarding the death of Nadab and Abihu. Heiser reminds us that there is only one … Continue reading

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The Two Rituals

A couple more questions regarding religious practice for Kiln of the Soul. We aren’t interested in sacraments. That concept arose long after the New Testament times. We do have two prominent ritual practices: communion and baptism. Communion need not be … Continue reading

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Would Love to Have You

We could sum it up like this: We are the gospel message. We live by faith and conviction. We bow the knee to Christ as Lord. We obey the Covenant, and that is Jesus’ command to love each other as … Continue reading

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Wrong Thoughts; No Thought

Dr. Heiser says something that American Christians in particular need to hear: We as Christians need unity; we do not need conformity. The problem is that most Christians are convinced that it is theologically necessary to have conformity. In other … Continue reading

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Adding to Apocalypse

If this report is accurate, the situation in the Middle East should get far more complicated very quickly. It’s the ultimate expression of Dispensationalism: Some Zionist Christian Americans helping some Zionist Israeli extremists get ready to build the Third Temple … Continue reading

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So Far…

It’s time for a pragmatic reassessment of this ministry. Not so much what we have done, but what can we expect realistically for the future? My convictions tell me that we are in the early stages of global chaos. It’s … Continue reading

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Septuagint and NT

I don’t recall it being mentioned in the book, but in the documentary film about Heiser’s Demons, he mentions something that is not obvious to a lot of people. In the New Testament, we see the terminology of spirit beings … Continue reading

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