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The Standard of Communion
It’s a very, very sad reflex that asserts itself every where I look. Reading between the lines of the Law Covenants, we learn that God places a heavy emphasis on social stability. It seems the summum bonum of Jesus’ second … Continue reading
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Tagged church, culture, middle class, mysticism, religion, spirituality
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Virtual Spiritual Family
Welcome to our virtual parish. I’m a virtual pastor. Technically I’m an elder, the management half of the church leadership team. However, I also serve in the priesthood role simply because no one else is doing it and I have … Continue reading
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Tagged church, church leadership, marriage, ministry, mission, mysticism, scripture, spiritual family, virtual parish
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The Pastor Is IN
Come on in! If you subscribe to my blog, or even if you just visit once in a while, I consider you a member of my parish. Not that I’m counting noses and boasting of the numbers, but it’s in … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged christian mysticism, church, government, mysticism, religion, tribulation, western christianity, western civilization
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Eldercraft as Church Administration
If you don’t feel it in your bones, you’ll never do it well. I’m a born administrator. It’s a talent from God and fundamental to the way I think. In my mind, I regard it as moral engineering. That is, … Continue reading
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Tagged church, human behavior, management, organizational theory, psychology, social sciences, writing
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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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Tagged ANE, church, government, military, mysticism, religion, scripture, spirituality, war
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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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Tagged Christian religion, church, civilization, oppression, religion, spirituality, tribulation, western civilization
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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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Tagged church, civilization, history, law, peace, politics, scripture, spirituality
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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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Tagged church, cognitive development, government, human development, Law Covenants, moral development, psychology, social sciences, two olive trees, Two Realms
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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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Tagged church, mysticism, publishing, religion, writing
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