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Divine Discrimination
The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-29) is used by a lot of people who have no idea what it’s really about. The fundamental question asked by the lawyer is how to identify who is and isn’t your “neighbor.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, covenant family, covenants, jesus parables
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Discernment 03: It’s Personal
Everything in revelation is personal. It does no good at all to argue what God ought to do. The best we can hope for is to understand what He is doing and how He goes about it. Our hearts can … Continue reading
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Tagged covenants, demons, feudalism, Garden of Eden, Satan, spiritual awakening
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Act Like It Matters
How can we escape the moral rot of this world? How can we articulate in our own lives the essence of divine revelation that brings us to the Gate of Eden? It’s easy to get lost in the mechanics of … Continue reading
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Tagged covenants, God's glory, human understanding, otherworldly, radix fidem
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Nationalism versus Nationalism
We live in a Western world, and it is our duty to understand it. Otherwise, we cannot offer God’s antidote to the failures of Western Civilization. Hear a principle of Biblical Law: Covenant trumps every other consideration. All Law Covenants … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, covenants, legalism, nationalism, radix fidem, scripture, semantics
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Permission Not Needed
Maybe I need a t-shirt that says, “This is what TOXIC MASCULINITY looks like.” I’ve gotten significant push-back from people who don’t understand the difference between just and unjust killing. I’m convinced it’s a prejudice from our Western heritage. You … Continue reading
Radix Fidem Curriculum: Covenants
The Bible addresses us in our fallen state. It says precious little of what came before, or what will follow after the Fall. This is mostly because fallen humans cannot comprehend life without mortality, or an existence not bound by … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, Covenant of Noah, covenants, Law and Grace, Law of Moses, spiritual birth
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Rightly Dividing in the Community of Faith
Let’s return to the contemplation of law and faith. What we call the Law Covenants in the Old Testament always aimed at a covenant of faith. The Law Covenants addressed communities, and helped people focus on the necessities of life … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant community of faith, covenants, faith, Garden of Eden, Law Covenants, the Flaming Sword
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They Need Heart-Led
Radix Fidem is our covenant, our approach to doing religion together. The Kiln of the Soul online parish is my implementation of Radix Fidem. Anyone can take the idea of Radix Fidem and run with it; nobody needs my permission. … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, covenants, evangelism, heart-led, radix fidem, religion, virtual parish
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Closer to Heaven
Paul’s Letter to the Roman Christians makes it plain that there is nothing we can do on our end to get ourselves or other people into Heaven. The one thing we can do on this level is share the heart-led … Continue reading
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Tagged convictions, covenants, faith, heart-led, radix fidem, religion
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Teachings of Jesus — John 8:31-47
Faith is not an ethnic identity. The issue here is not who was born of Abraham, but who embraced Abraham’s faith. On the surface, the English translations of this passage can be somewhat confusing. If these folks began believing in … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, covenants, divine heritage, feudalism, Jesus Christ, John's Gospel
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