Category Archives: teaching

British Israelism

Theology class today. If you have never heard of this wild heresy, I find little to dispute with the description on Wikipedia. It’s all well and good to call it a heresy, but if you think about it, you realize … Continue reading

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Not Worked Up

What did you expect? Just a reminder here: Our virtual parish belongs to a branch of religion broadly referred to as Christian Mysticism. Our brand comes with certain assumptions. When your moral orientation starts with the assumption that mankind is … Continue reading

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Not What It Seems

Just a short reminder that most of the dramatic events making the news are not what they seem. However, I suppose by now you’ve discerned that whatever we are supposed to take as “terrorism” is coming to a theater near … Continue reading

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Church Ball-n-Chain

Church politics has not been good to me. I’m gazing back over the wreckage of my life seeking entrance into the ranks of professional ministry. It would be easy to oversimplify and note that God never intended me to succeed … Continue reading

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A Sample of Dispie Folly

For those of you inclined to understand the madness of Dispensationalism from a safe distance, I wanted to share with you an outline of some primary features. This comes from a study offered at Jesus-Is-Lord: Dispensational theology centers upon the … Continue reading

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If People Can Talk Out of Their Butts…

It’s typical of Western intellectual processes to get things backward. We have a long, fat record of theologians and teachers insisting that we have to lean more toward a literal rendering of Scripture. This legalistic approach has caused no end … Continue reading

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When It Doesn’t Work Out

How does the heart handle disappointment? The problem is our minds and limited understanding, not the heart. As we progress from a worldly viewpoint to a heart-led life, we drag with us a lot of mental baggage. It’s not all … Continue reading

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No Plan of Salvation

Sorry, but we don’t offer a neatly prepackaged “Plan of Salvation” for the members of our parish to use in evangelism. We aren’t selling conversion. We are walking in divine justice and letting that speak for itself. If people ask … Continue reading

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Rewired

Just a tidbit for this Sunday: When you discover the heart-mind faculty, it will physically alter your body. On the one hand, this is hardly surprising. If you can wade through all the medical jargon you will discover that the … Continue reading

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Bears Watching

This is my Father’s world, so I have nothing to fear. Rather, following the counsel to be “wise as serpents and harmless as doves” (Matthew 10:16), we watch what this world does and prepare to exploit human events for His … Continue reading

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