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Spiritual Warfare 05
More Problems and Questions In CS Lewis’s Screwtape Letters, he imagines a senior demon reveling in consuming great sinners’ souls. He complains that humanity is becoming commoditized, that while there is a vast bulk of souls to consume, the delightful … Continue reading
The Divine Tolerance of Church
This is so simple, and yet millions of professing Christians don’t see it. Ask any of them what church is really all about and you’ll get a lot of answers. One of the most common answers will be some mixture … Continue reading
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Tagged church, church leadership, communion, corporations, covenant community of faith, eldership, fellowship, virtual parish
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No Vested Interest Except God’s
The use of polemics implies a vested interest in the outcome of the debate. It’s one thing to engage in polemics; it’s another to simply dissent and go your own way. The latter is the signature of the heart-led way. … Continue reading
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Tagged church, convictions, covenant community of faith, covenants, human institutions
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Depart from It
In the current context, the greater our separation from the world, the better. Our world is incapable of turning. It is utterly impossible to promote genuine righteousness in America today. The society as a whole cannot recognize it. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, church, covenant community of faith, worldliness
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Heaven’s Preppers 02
There are a lot of people who are God’s children; there aren’t so many who serve His Kingdom. That’s the issue at stake here. We strive to be useful to His Kingdom; we aren’t satisfied merely to be born heirs. … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, church, covenant community of faith, covenants, feudalism, hebrew culture, tribalism
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Nonconformist Faith 03
Limits to Authority Apostle Paul said that human authority has limits. In Romans 13, often falsely cited by civil authorities looking for a legalistic pretext for evil, Paul says later in the chapter that all you really owe anyone on … Continue reading
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Tagged church, government, moral authority, otherworldly, publishing, writing
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Western Idolatries 03
God does not dwell in houses made by human hands. He is a spirit being whose existence is rooted in a different dimension. His is the original, the true “reality” and ours is the fallen illusion. You can touch His … Continue reading
A Church That Is
Having said that Radix Fidem is no church, I’d be lying if I said there was no church here. Jesus pointedly said that, even where so few as two or three come together in His name, He is there. He … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, church, Creation, heart-led, photography, radix fidem, virtual communion
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A Church That Isn’t
What we can say about Radix Fidem depends on the question and how you ask it. We are a community of shared faith, but not a church, nor a denomination. It’s really about faith itself. This is not an organization, … Continue reading
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Tagged church, covenant community of faith, eldercraft, faith, radix fidem, religion
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Dig Up the Clues
The purpose of a church is to create the atmosphere in which faith grows. Notice I say “the” atmosphere. It’s the same thing as saying we pursue shalom. Peace with God has distinct boundaries, referred to as a covenant. The … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, church, church leadership, education, eldercraft, New Testament
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