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Who Will Be Spared?
Re: Naked Bible 117: Ezekiel 8-9 This will be short and simple. Heiser’s lesson on these two chapters is one thing. While listening to it, I was struck by something related for us today. Ezekiel has a vision of all … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylon, babylonian exile, destruction of jerusalem, faith community, idolatry, Prophet Ezekiel, tribulation
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Go Forth and Make Mistakes
A movement of the Holy Spirit is not the same thing as a formal commission from God. The ancient Hebrews would have understood our concept of memes. They had plenty of them. Do you recall, “Is Saul also among the … Continue reading
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Tagged decentralization, faith community, moral discernment, prophecy, Prophet Samuel, school of the prophets, spiritual discipline, spiritual gifts, Thorleif Boman
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Ghosts, Poltergeists and Nature
It’s not merely that humans are fallen. Heiser talks about the Three Rebellions of God’s elohim staff: the Fall, the great corruption through the Nephilim, and the deception and idolatry after the Tower of Babel. Humans are in a bad … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient magic, covenant, Creation, demons, divine authority, elohim, faith community, feudalism, ghosts, natural world, Nephilim, poltergeists, tribalism
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His Sacrificial Love
Two problems — (1) It’s one thing to recognize the utility of simple observation and analysis. It’s another thing to imagine that your analysis answers all the pertinent questions. (2) The miracles of faith are extraordinary, and yet should be … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical manhood, faith community, game, miracles, otherworldly, psychology, sacrificial love, shepherd role, spiritual orientation, worldliness
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Power for the Future
You can be a witness only for what you have experienced personally. I embraced the doctrine of Divine Election because it explained my personal faith experience. I did not choose Christ; He chose me. I had no choice. It wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged convictions, divine election, faith community, orthodoxy, personal experience
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A Distance Too Far
In a discussion yesterday, we were reviewing the historical context of Acts 2, particularly the paragraph at the end of the chapter about the first few months of the church in Jerusalem following the Ascension. It was what we call … Continue reading
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Tagged churchianity, covenant family, faith community, fellowship, sacrificial love, social boundaries
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The Miracle of Evangelism
I want to bring to conscious awareness what our hearts already know. We need to pull our minds into alignment with the Spirit. For Americans, that’s rarely simple. Our culture is so alien and hostile to the work of God … Continue reading
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Tagged american churches, charity, divine election, evangelism, faith community
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Law of Moses — Conclusion
There are two primary object lessons we can draw from the sum total of this series on the Law of Moses. The first is obvious, and flatly stated several times in Scripture. Take a look Stephen’s condemnation of the Jewish … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, commitment, faith community, heart-led, inter-testamental period, old testament history
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Our Virtual Covenant
When the aim is seeking to discern God’s revelation regarding various issues in life, a fundamental consideration in reading Scripture is to recognize whether the issue, and the people involved, are inside or outside the applicable covenant. Jesus operated from … Continue reading
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Tagged covenants, faith community, history israel, Judaism, Law of Moses, radix fidem, Talmud, virtual communion
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