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Limited Reach

I’m prompted to address something that may not be obvious. As always, I don’t take myself that seriously. For now, I’m the senior elder for a small community of people who identify with the label “Radix Fidem”. The vast majority … Continue reading

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Not in Our Hands

The Covenant People of God are in the world, but not of it. We can declare the Conservative Dads’ pin-up calendar evil. It’s all we can do to avoid staring at it ourselves, but we should never twitch a finger … Continue reading

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How Can We Help Them?

This is a pastoral note: Don’t depend on the system to fix itself. The system must break. Further, when it breaks, the American people will not be in control of what replaces the current system. Nothing in this world can … Continue reading

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Sock-puppets and Trolls

This is a pastoral blog and is privately hosted; it’s not linked to the WordPress community. There’s not a lot of traffic and that’s fine. I’m trying to serve a small audience that is actually interested in what I have … Continue reading

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Partisan Church Politics

I confess that I belong to a partisan movement within Church History. I’ve shared this on the forum. I promote the shepherd image of church leadership, and the relative independence of lay people. The flock is the whole point. What … Continue reading

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NT Doctrine — Acts 6:9-15

Once again, I am unable to improve on my previous commentary on this passage. All of these new elders preached, but unlike the Apostles, they had the natural tendency to preach outside the old Hebrew communities. It’s hard to explain … Continue reading

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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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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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A Bigger Picture of What I See

Based on comments and questions I’ve gotten privately, I need to clarify a few things. I’ll try to paint a bigger perspective with less detail. Two things are getting everyone’s attention in the US right now: riots and the lock-downs. … Continue reading

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Going to Grow

Over the past couple of years it dawned on me that some of my expectations were false. A primary bogus notion was that I could build an online church congregation. For me, a virtual church is not possible. So even … Continue reading

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