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Christian Troops?

If we understand that God’s Laws predict a general non-compliance by humanity, if not open hostility, then our efforts to live His Laws begin to make more sense. We are not the Truth Police and there is no human on … Continue reading

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Tribulation Preparation

The saints of God will tribulate. Jesus warned that the same forces nailing Him to the Cross would not allow us to follow Him without some resistance. It’s not enough that those forces are within us to varying degrees, but … Continue reading

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The Law of Context

As humans, we cannot function without context. It’s a critical task in the stages of development that we gain some kind of context. Descartes’ thought experiment was a prime example of delusion; you cannot start with nothing when you already … Continue reading

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Governed by Self-indulgence

Don’t be self-indulgent and allow yourself to operate like a six-year-old. When I describe the stages of human moral development, I’m offering a frame of reference. It’s a working model of how things tend to go. So when I say … Continue reading

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Static Site Changed

My old static website, Kiln of the Soul (closed as of 2020), is now in its new form. All the archives are now backed up on my system and on a couple of external storage devices. They are still available, … Continue reading

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Woolgathering

Reviewing things I’ve seen in the past few weeks provokes a few thoughts about faith. The biggest barrier remains the vast pool of cultural thought patterns, by which false images become associated with Scripture. People understand the words well enough, … Continue reading

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No Place to Stand: LifeChurch.tv and Others

I’m not in control of the agenda. I logged into my WordPress account with some other post in mind and was confronted with yet another thoughtful-yet-misguided comment on my LifeChurch review post. It’s been a year and a half, but … Continue reading

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Germanizing Religion

The expression of it ranges from the revolting “Aryan Jesus” to the far more common trends in Western Christianity, but the Germanic heathen influence on Christianity is all one package. The door stood wide open after a significant number of … Continue reading

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Minimum Standards

Assuming you understand the Two Realms, it’s not hard to summarize and crystallize your thinking about how it all works in this domain. When the Apostles began taking the gospel among Gentiles, they had to struggle with their own cultural … Continue reading

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Another Mystery of God’s Laws

(Ref: a previous post by similar title.) Yet another comment on my critical review of Life Church from your typical modern Christian Pharisee. The real issue remains the deep failure to understand what is normative. I realize that the biggest … Continue reading

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