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Damned PMA Gospel
I’ve been provoked by some folly I read recently. It was the PMA Gospel (PMA = Postive Mental Attitude). It’s a close friend to the Prosperity Gospel. It stands on the doctrine that mental and emotional feedback systems are somehow … Continue reading
Truth Is Anti-Semitic
Back before the 2016 elections, I posted on my old blog how I had a strong sense of conviction that Trump had betrayed his divine commission. I can’t find which post that was, but I sensed that he had made … Continue reading
Not a Popularity Contest
Faith is the center of my existence. As previously noted, I am willing to sacrifice everything to follow my Savior to the Cross (Galatians 2:20). I don’t evaluate things from a human standpoint; the life I now live, I live … Continue reading
Nonconformist Faith 01
Everything Is a Matter of Conviction Throw it all in the trash. All the assumptions about reality we have been taught are simply to keep us in line. The mere notion that there is an objective reality that we all … Continue reading
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Tagged conviction, faith, hearing the voice of god, psychology
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Odds in Our Favor
Consider this article from Slashdot. It refers in turn to this NYTimes editorial. All of this links back to this blueprint from Google on how to use advertising to manipulate people. If you read the Slashdot posting, you’ll get the … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged conviction, emotional manipulation, heart-led, technology
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Faith Persists
In one of my less pleasant dreams, a right-wing militia group was executing doctors and nurses. I didn’t have to ask why. Even in my dream state I knew that some of the fiercest Marxists in America are nurses and … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Big Pharma, conviction, Creation, faith, heart-led, medicine
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Just a Hospital for Religious Health
In response to an offline query: We are not asking people to join our covenant. We seek to set people free to find out what covenant God designed them to embrace. Our covenant is our choice to come together and … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged conviction, covenant community of faith, faith, mainstream churches, radix fidem, virtual parish
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Teachings of Jesus: Matthew 10:34-42
Jesus continues the theme of otherworldliness. Here He injects a few notes from the Talmud, where it is predicted that the generation of the Messiah’s coming would see social chaos, a breakdown in the traditional shalom. But it’s more than … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged conviction, heart-led, Jesus Christ, Matthew's Gospel, messianic prophecy, the Covenant of Moses
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Moral Complexities
It is a real challenge to stick to a heart-led conviction and wade through the mass of lies. For those of us still learning how to live by divine conviction, seeking to shake off generations of false religious teaching with … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged Biblical Law, conviction, Covenant of Noah, divine justice, heart-led, politics, the Fall, violence
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Shalom Shares
I can’t say “no;” Creation itself demands I do this. Let’s not even pretend it’s some kind of altruism. I’m doing this for my own sanity and peace. I’m embracing a mission with two prongs. First is bringing the joy … Continue reading
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Tagged conviction, heart-led, mission, virtual parish
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