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What Are We Doing?
In order to say more about elders and pastors, it’s necessary to step back just a bit and review what they are doing when working together. Jesus referred to spiritual birth in John 3. But this wasn’t new; He honestly … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged ANE, Biblical Law, fallen nature, heart-led, New Testament, old testament, radix fidem, spiritual birth, the Covenant of Moses
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The Lonely Calling
Our only ambition is to walk faithfully in our covenant of faith. Just a reminder: “covenant” in the Bible is synonymous with “law” until we get to the New Testament where the whole thing is deeply perverted by the legalism … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged Biblical Law, covenant community of faith, evangelism, heart-led, radix fidem, virtual parish
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Chasing Their Tails
This is as much for me as anyone else. I encountered a bunch of highfalutin philosophical stuff this week. Sure, I can understand most of it, and I don’t like it. We are caught between two worlds right now. The … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged Biblical Law, heart-led, human intellect, philosophy, shalom
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Ask Yourself: Where Is His Glory?
Tonight I had a conversation with a friend about abortion. This is something where we can apply the biblical process of multi-level moral reasoning. Reduced to it’s bottom line in Biblical Law, it’s nobody’s business but the mother and her … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo-American culture, Biblical Law, convictions, divine justice, family, law, otherworldly, reason
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Can I Interest You in a Metaphorical Shovel?
You can’t call it an ambition, but I strive to one end in this life: I want to be translated into Heaven like Enoch and Elijah. Getting there requires using everything God has granted us in this world to be … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged Biblical Law, Dispensationalism, epistemology, miracles, moral development
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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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The Apostles Were Not Perfect
There are three primary reasons why this Covenant of Radix Fidem cannot rest on my work alone. 1. The distance we must travel is too great for a single generation. It’s hard to fathom just how very far we are … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged Biblical Law, eldership, intellectual culture, tribalism
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Church Is Not an Open Square
The church was meant to be a private family gathering. It was modeled on the synagogue; the public could attend, but the proceedings were aimed at the family members. The focus was to improve family life and strengthen the covenant. … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, church, divine revelation, epistemology, evangelism, heart-led, legalism, moral character
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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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