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Rehab for Fallen Leadership?

Let’s step away from the Heiser passenger train just a bit. We need to get away from the tightly controlled route to cover something he could not and would not have touched. Over and over again, the foundation for our … Continue reading

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False Advertising

It’s a personal hobby horse: I’d rather be brutally honest and let things fall where they may than to ever be guilty of deception. I found a decent explanation of how a great many modern church organizations are attempting to … Continue reading

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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

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The Inherent Impurity of Monsters

If you don’t embrace the Doctrine of Divine Election, then this blog isn’t going to offer you much. I take it seriously; it’s a necessary prerequisite for almost everything I write. Naturally, it’s a fundamental element in any criticism I … Continue reading

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Biblical Feudalism 02

Right from the start, I inserted into this discussion that God’s will is inherently tribal as well as feudal. On the level of the flesh, God has divided us into tribal identities. The intellect rebels at the thought, but the … Continue reading

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They Will Fall

Basic biblical truth: No human political construct will last very long, at any scale. From a clan to a whole civilization, none of them can possibly last very long. Given the nature of our unstoppable decline to the final apocalypse … Continue reading

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Leaving the Herd 05

We need to make some distinctions before I end this series. The individualism of the West is a very poor match for biblical self-reliance. The former arises from the challenge of survival that became an inherited trait of in the … Continue reading

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Satanism A or B

There was no clean sweep in the elections. Redemption comes not from partisan politics. Ideology is a very poor substitute for national identity. Genuine Christian faith is following Jesus to the Cross. The ultimate victory is leaving this world, not … Continue reading

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He Is the Law

There is no clear and logical break point. When we talk about renewing the Covenant, you are not supposed to start thinking in precise definition of terms. That’s the wrong approach to anything regarding faith and religion. You are supposed … Continue reading

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See the Forest 04

Get to know the landscape of this fallen reality. Paul’s admonition to “rightly divide” the Old Testament means that you and I have a duty to examine what it says. We need to know what it said to the people … Continue reading

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