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Many Are Called; Few Respond
We cannot know what Adam and Eve knew when they ate the Forbidden Fruit. We do get the feeling they were led astray, which is what we would expect. Satan came to them as a powerful archangel and they respected … Continue reading
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Tagged American Christian, ANE, Creation, heart-mind, Jesus Christ, kingdom of heaven, theology
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The Magic Jesus Wand
Some readers will not get this; sometimes it’s very hard to untangle the lies of linear thinking and binary logic. It’s a standard feature of American theology, as if human reason was the rule to which all belief must bow … Continue reading
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Tagged covering, Creation, Jesus Christ, Law and Grace, Law Covenants, spiritual birth
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No Scarlet Letter
Maybe you remember the story in John 4, where Jesus encounters a Samaritan woman from Sychar. He could read her very soul, and noted that she had a very unstable romantic past. We know very little of the historical context … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft, teaching
Tagged human sexuality, Jesus, marriage, penitence, rituals, scripture, social conditioning
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The Supernatural
Just a quick note… In many ways, the word “supernatural” is mostly used in place of “inexplicable” in the sense that it signals something from another realm of existence. Granted, in movies and other forms of fiction, it is almost … Continue reading
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Tagged heart-mind, human senses, intellect, quantum reality, reason, sensory heart, superstition
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Phenomenology as Clue to Phenomena
It seems a good time to point out something that may not be obvious. For those of you familiar with philosophy as an academic pursuit, you recognize that I use the terms and some ideas from Phenomenology. You may also … Continue reading
Sin Is a Tragedy
Here at Kiln of the Soul, we teach that Biblical Law is self-enforcing. We as individuals struggle to enforce the divine will on ourselves, much less on anyone else. Yet we are obliged to try despite the inevitable failures. Moreover, … Continue reading
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Tagged Creation, evangelism, Garden of Eden, heart-led, human sexuality, shalom, sin
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Tolkien’s Bad Mythology
As a younger man, I was captivated by The Lord of the Rings and the fantasy world of Tolkien. The author began his work prior to WW1, but the bulk of it was published around the time I was born … Continue reading
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Tagged fiction, moral perception, mythology, Tolkien, western christianity
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Some More Big Picture
We are fallen; we were designed for Eden, but we got kicked out. In our fallen state, we will never really get back into Eden. However, Scripture talks about a symbolic return to Eden, a foot-in-both-worlds type of existence. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, faith, heart-led, human existence, Law Covenants, mainstream christianity, pagan religion, politics, the Fall
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Terminology: Biblical Law
You are aware of the Covenant of Moses. Regular readers are surely aware of the Covenant of Noah. What you may not understand is that Moses was a particular application of Noah. Moses was restricted to a specific people, time … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Biblical Law, biblical terminology, covenants, moral discernment, parable
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Visualize Glory
Tactics are one thing; aside from broad generalities, it’s hard to teach tactics that will work for you in your personal context. Don’t copy my tactics. Understand how those tactics fit into our shared mission. Strategy is another thing; it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, Creation, fundamental mission, heart-led, human intellect, revelation, Satan
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