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The Parable of Reality as a Person
Under the covenant of Radix Fidem, we hold the doctrine that Creation is alive, sentient and willful. Creation is generally the same thing as “reality” in the sense that Creation acts to defend its prerogatives. Creation is not all-powerful; that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, Creation, moral character, psychology, reality, spiritual redemption
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The Mark of Humanity
Thanks to Jay, I was able to watch Blade Runner 2049. I’m frankly disappointed. Granted, I have gripes about it as a movie; most movies these days stink. But my biggest gripe is the very disappointing way the question of … Continue reading
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Tagged entertainment, globalism, government, heart-led, Nebuchadnezzar, oppression
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Covenant Changes Everything
There are endless debates about what is in the best interest of the people, the country, what is just, etc. Let’s get one thing straight: Unless a divine covenant is involved, none of it matters. It’s all lies without a … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, convictions, Covenant of Noah, covenants, heart-led, Law Covenants, radix fidem
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Individualism and Commitments
Under the covenant of Radix Fidem, we know that we cannot simply rebuild the ancient ways in our current society. Rather, we seek to reawaken the heart of what was behind the ancient biblical religion. We aren’t the Hebrew people, … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient truth, covenants, heart-led, human reason, individual faith, radix fidem, spiritual family, western epistemology
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Not Fatalism
Our doctrine is divine cynicism, not fatalism. Nothing prevents anyone from being like a kid, delighted to explore this life. In it we find all manner of clues and cues to our Father’s love and mercy, His infinite wisdom. Remember, … Continue reading
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Teaching Experiment: Earthquakes 4
In the early 1970s I attended East Anchorage High School. We had in most of our classrooms one or two old desks with a foot missing or a leg bent a little, pushed off in one corner. At least several … Continue reading
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Tagged earth science, earthquakes, education, geography
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Teaching Experiment: Earthquakes 3
Our hand-n-arm model in the previous lesson oversimplifies things, of course. If you went out to the subduction zone off the southern shores of Alaska, and took a submarine down into the ocean to look at it, you wouldn’t see … Continue reading
Teaching Experiment: Earthquakes 2
The Tectonic Plate Theory is a good working model. It doesn’t account for everything, but it will get us where we need to go with understanding the Bad Friday Earthquake of 1964 and earthquakes in general. Most major earthquakes are … Continue reading
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This Life Is Death
I want to refresh the logic here on something. Our American culture stoutly militates against the truth. Creation is not fallen; mankind is fallen. We were designed to be eternal creatures, placed in a Garden where not much else lives … Continue reading
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Tagged Creation, heart-led, heart-mind, life in the spirit, sanctity of life, Western mythology
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Teaching Experiment: Earthquakes 1
Just as an exercise, I wanted to share some of my education in the mechanics of earthquakes. I’ve never seen it offered anywhere else this way, particularly in public education. It seems it always has big gaps in it, so … Continue reading