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Make Up Your Mind
Someone asked a question that seems worthy of a wider response. If one reader speaks up about being puzzled, a dozen more are puzzled without saying anything. If you do a quick search in English translations of Scripture for just … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, Hebrew Mysticism, Hebrew Scripture, Hellenism, prophecy, Prophet Daniel
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The Rotting Carcass
At least as early as my days at OBU, I recall smart-aleck fools who insisted that Ecclesiastes was simply existentialism. This conclusion is entirely natural from a Western point of view. Existentialism is the rotting carcass left after you murder … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, christian mysticism, epistemology, intellectual foundations, philosophy, western biases
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Carving the Carcass of the Fall
Over the years in my reading of scholarly literature about Church History, I’ve noticed a major problem with the literature. The whole sweep of Church History published in English, and even a great deal of translated works from other languages, … Continue reading
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Tagged christian mysticism, culture, epistemology, history, missions, orthodoxy, the Fall, western christianity, Western Church History
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The Theology of Division
There is so very much that we simply cannot see unless God shows it to us. I’m not sure there is any way to draw a line between heart-led moral perception and a direct move by God to point something … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, fellowship, mainstream churches, objective reality, systematic theology, virtual parish
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Futile Genealogy
By the time Apostle John died, around 100 AD, there were already a handful of Christian scholars rising to occupy the apostolic leadership of the early churches. We are not in any position to argue either way whether anyone was … Continue reading
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Tagged Early Church Fathers, epistemology, genealogy, Judaizers, philosophy, Western Church History
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Jeremiah 17:9
Several people have asked me how to reconcile our talk here about being heart-led with this verse in Jeremiah. Most English translations go something like this: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged epistemology, fallen nature, heart-led, Hebrew language, prophet jeremiah, Satan
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They Can See It
We often point out the contrast between what the world values against what our faith values. It’s a huge difference. We view reality from the heart, and what really matters to us is simply not visible to anyone relying on … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, faith, human perception, otherworldly
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Standing in a Different Context 01
Feel free to dismiss me as a nut, but I hope you are at least entertained by how I try to put some things into context. Radix Fidem doesn’t just embrace a broad range of assumptions about reality; it attempts … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged Biblical Law, epistemology, heart-led, history, human intellect, human reason, the Fall
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Regret or Not?
Jay and I were discussing on the forum about the paths we take in our lives. I made the comment that I always felt driven by the Spirit of God from a very young age. I was surely confused about … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, business, epistemology, objective reality, peace with god, Western mythology
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His Work in Us
We are up against one very massive barrier in American society in particular, and it’s a major problem within the broader Western world at large. A critical element in Western thinking is to deny anything above the intellect, to deny … Continue reading
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Tagged civilizations, epistemology, mysticism, philosophy, psychology, radix fidem, western epistemology
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