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Nonconformist Faith 07
Doing Right Do what’s right because it’s right. The only sane path for a nonconformist is to focus on the process, not the product. Once you can learn to trust the Lord for all outcomes, doing His will gets a … Continue reading
Nonconformist Faith 04
Mother Reality One of the things you shouldn’t believe is the idea that the natural world is more or less inert. Keep in mind that Jesus spoke to natural forces and demons alike, and they obeyed Him. He addressed them … Continue reading
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Tagged heart-led, personification, publishing, reality, scripture, sensory heart, writing
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Nonconformist Faith 03
Limits to Authority Apostle Paul said that human authority has limits. In Romans 13, often falsely cited by civil authorities looking for a legalistic pretext for evil, Paul says later in the chapter that all you really owe anyone on … Continue reading
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Tagged church, government, moral authority, otherworldly, publishing, writing
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Nonconformist Faith 02
In Hebrew culture, your heart is the seat of your convictions. Modern medical science knows that the human heart has its own sensory field, projecting out from your body somewhere between 10 and 15 feet (3-4.5m). At that distance, other … Continue reading
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Nonconformist Faith 01
Everything Is a Matter of Conviction Throw it all in the trash. All the assumptions about reality we have been taught are simply to keep us in line. The mere notion that there is an objective reality that we all … Continue reading
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Tagged conviction, faith, hearing the voice of god, psychology
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Talk about Flying
By definition, tribulation is tough times. When things get more difficult, you need less dependence, not more. The more extreme the situation, the more flexibility you need to respond to conviction. That means reducing your dependencies in both directions. You … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant community of faith, family, individual faith, persecution, tribulation
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How Much Shalom?
How much shalom do you want? Sometimes you have to spell things out for people, because they can’t even think like heart-led people of faith. I’ve spent a lot of time studying the Hebrew culture and history specifically, and for … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, ANE, culture, marriage, shalom, worldliness
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Tied to Eternity
Satan’s Fall came primarily because he sought to claim divine glory for himself. The last thing we want to do is get trapped in that folly. First, allow me to reiterate an important principle of Biblical Law: The faith of … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, covenant community of faith, marriage, prophecy, shalom, spiritual gifts, war
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The Mystical Faith Restoration
The Puritans who fled persecution in England moved to the Netherlands for a decade until they could gather enough resources to move to America. During that stay, they were harassed by the Dutch government, which was harshly secular then and … Continue reading
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Tagged american churches, christian mysticism, history, Judaism, materialism, middle class, otherworldly, Pharisaical Hellenism, Puritans, radix fidem, worldliness
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Resistance in Love
It is the nature of Hebrew language to be indicative. It was never supposed to be legalistic; that was a perversion introduced with Hellenism after the conquest of Alexander the Great (323 BC). Rabbis began absorbing the delirium of human … Continue reading
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Tagged blood guilt, Covenant of Noah, Hebrew language, resistance
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