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Demonic Mythology of the Mind
One of the biggest flaws in Western Christian thinking is to externalize and project moral conflict outside of self. The idea that all moral conflict is outside of oneself permits the deeply false model of internal problems as “illness.” The … Continue reading
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Tagged convictions, demons, individual faith, moral authority, sensory heart, spiritual warfare
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Can We Keep It?
We emphasize the continuity between the Old and New Testaments. This is exactly backwards from what the Reformation did. Reformed theology is the basis for Dispensationalism, that heretical belief that the only proper understanding of God’s hand in human history … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, covenant community of faith, eldercraft, evangelism, heart-led, Law Covenants, radix fidem, shalom
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Team, Family, Church
I was right, but for all the wrong reasons. My first job out of teachers’ college was at a private school as a long-term substitute. I finished out the year for a Social Studies teacher who had walked off the … Continue reading
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Tagged church, covenant family, education, individualism, radix fidem, shalom, social stability
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The Human Need to Give
There is a sense in which this can’t be explained, but it surely needs to be declared: Every human desperately needs to sacrifice for others. I’m not talking about our need for others to love us; that’s real but it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged heart-led, psychology, sacrificial love
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Kiln of the Soul: Discerning the Context
Israel was a covenant nation. Regardless of geographical borders, they were the same nation wherever they were. Nor was it a question of DNA. According to that covenant, anyone from any genetic heritage could embrace the covenant and become an … Continue reading
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Tagged covenants, Greco-Roman Civilization, law, marriage, religion, secular society, shalom
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We Are Pioneers
Let’s be clear: In the Bible, Law is Law. The proper approach to Law is the Hebrew mystical traditions of seeing through the particulars as limited expressions of something deeper and more substantive. The whole idea is to inspire awe … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, Biblical Mysticism, heart-led, law, Law Covenants, marriage, spiritual orientation
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Marriage: Covenant within Covenant
First, allow me to list some Bible references for this: Genesis 2:24, 31:19; Deuteronomy 7:1-4; Ruth 1:16-18; Esther 1:10-22; Ezra 9:1-2, 10:1-14. In the Ancient Near East (ANE), there was a particular recurring problem that was addressed by the Covenant … Continue reading
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Heart-led Analysis of Living
It should seem obvious that, in order to read the Old Testament, one must read back into it the unstated assumptions the writers considered obvious. So we study the history of the Ancient Near East and do our best to … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, ancient hebrew culture, ANE, archeology, Biblical Law, feminism, Judaism, western christianity
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A Distinctly Christian Philosophy
I’ve rattled my cage long and often on subject of epistemology. The Ancient Hebrew mystical approach is not simply another one on the menu of options; it is the approach God cultivated in the minds of those who knew Him … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, Garden of Eden, Hebrew Mysticism, human intellect, Jesus Christ, philosophy, the Fall
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The Same God as Always
Our Creator has not changed since Creation began. There is a pernicious heresy, a conscious teaching in some cases, but a passive subconscious assumption by most mainstream Christians that the Old Testament writers didn’t really know God. Or perhaps they … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, Creation, divine mercy, New Testament, old testament, the Fall
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