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Root of Legalism
he weekly Bible Study post “The Evil Eye” from Saturday provoked a serious discussion for our community conference call this afternoon. Some of the discussion bears repeating. The prophets say that the Israelis were a cranky bunch. The reason for … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, covetousness, history israel, juvenile psychology, peace with god, petty envy
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The Evil Eye
Re: Naked Bible 162: The Evil Eye The notion that one can bring about harm to something or someone through a nasty expression on the face while gazing at the object is perhaps the most universal superstition across every human … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, ancient magic, figures of speech, New Testament, old testament
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We Reject Calvinism
But we are predestinarians. I need to go back to fundamentals to explain the difference, because I’ve been asked about this again. If we don’t embrace the Hebrew assumptions about reality, we cannot understand the Bible. Most theologians and preachers … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, Calvinism, Covenant of Christ, covenants, epistemology, false guilt, fleshly nature, Gentiles, Hellenism, mortality, predestination, religion, sin, the Covenant of Moses, the Cross, TULIP
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HTCG 02a
Chapter 2: Impression and Appearance — This is where Boman examines the comparisons between Hebrew and Greek thinking when it comes to portraying someone or something. Section A: The Impression of Buildings The western mind is generally obsessed with reproducing … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, Hebrew epistemology, hebrew poetry, Thorleif Boman, western civilization
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HTCG 01f
Chapter 1 continues. Section D: The Word Part 2: The Word in Greek Thought Boman avoids the bigger question of “word” in Greek thought and restricts his explanation to what he considers the correlations with Hebrew. Thus, the only Greek … Continue reading
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Meeting the Apocalypse
A conventional, mainstream religion will not carry you through the apocalypse. Only genuine faith can do that. If all you know about Christ is what’s recorded in the Bible, then you don’t know Him. He transcends the written record. Granted, … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, Covenant of Christ, Hebrew epistemology, moral boundaries, New Testament, old testament, open spirituality, scripture, western epistemology
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Nuns and Legalism
It’s very easy to twist things into legalism. This weekend’s community Bible lesson in 1 Timothy 5 is a passage that gets twisted that way quite often. Read between the lines, folks. Paul is writing a rather private message to … Continue reading
The Mythology of Evil
One of the biggest problems we face in promoting an ancient Hebrew outlook is the cluttered field of lies contained in western mythology. All the way back to Beowulf we have a string of powerful evil men who, using some … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, evil, human futility, mortality, pagan mythology, the Devil
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Kiln of the Soul: No Secrets
We will not hide anything. You can ask any question you like and get an honest answer. The whole body of teaching for Kiln of the Soul is easily obtained. But it’s a huge pile of reading, and not everyone … Continue reading
NT Doctrine — Acts 6:1-8
There’s a lot of background to this lesson that is not obvious to casual readers. First is that local Judean people were clannish. Despite the urbanization around Jerusalem, and the significant influx of Gentile influences through first the Greeks, and … Continue reading →