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The Last Nail
I like this. It took too long to see it published. Be sure you scan the comments, too. I’ve said in the past that the various disputes between factions in the first few centuries of Church History were almost entirely … Continue reading
Non-emergent-cy
During the first decade of this century, there was an awful lot of noise among the new generation of Christians about the emergent or emerging church. It’s gone pretty quiet lately, but the people and movement behind that label are … Continue reading
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Tagged ecclesiology, emerging church, intellectual traditions, postmodernism, radix fidem, western christianity
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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
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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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Hats and Covering
I’ve been asked about the issue of head covering during worship. Specifically, men in the Old Testament were required to wear something, and men in the New Testament are required not to. The issue is the term “covering”. This isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged covering, New Testament, the Covenant of Moses
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Chasing After Wind
Yeah, what he said. We are not supposed to “change the world” as most people use that phrase. The world is going to Hell and there’s nothing any human agency can do to change that. The best we can hope … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Mysticism, church history, Early Church Fathers, Hebrew epistemology, intellectual heritage, New Testament, otherworldly, persecution
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Satanism A or B
There was no clean sweep in the elections. Redemption comes not from partisan politics. Ideology is a very poor substitute for national identity. Genuine Christian faith is following Jesus to the Cross. The ultimate victory is leaving this world, not … Continue reading
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Tagged christian mysticism, church, Covenant of Christ, human government, otherworldly, tribalism, worldliness
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