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BLDJ: Chapter 3

(Serializing here the draft of my book, Biblical Law: Divine Justice.) 3. Basic Biblical Law Code The Covenant of Moses was for that people, in that land, at that time in history. It was never meant to be universal. Further, … Continue reading

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Beyond Words

There is not a damned thing they can do to stop us. This is a tough write, today. I paint with words, but the metaphor promptly dies right there. Painting and writing are both completely different in how they work, … Continue reading

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A Vision of Sharing

“For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.” Matthew 18:20 Shedding the trappings of a broken past is highly variable. God alone decides what survives into the new life He gives each of … Continue reading

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Divine Publicity Agent

We are not a gospel carnival side show. Let’s remind ourselves one more time how this religion works. Our whole reason for hanging around on this plane of existence is His glory. Everything in Creation is ripe for exploitation in … Continue reading

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StT: 1 Corinthians 9:9

(Continuing with selections from Gospel Red Herring: Spiritualizing the Text.) Is it not amusing how quickly evangelical clergymen seize on something that lines their pockets? This is one place where they don’t seem to mind spiritualizing the text. Paul quotes … Continue reading

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Conviction versus Guilt

One of Satan’s greatest victories has been the mythology of objective truth. Do you know that the root cause of crippling false guilt is the imagination that you have transgressed some objective standard? That you will have to deal with … Continue reading

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Compute Morally

Can the Law of Noah apply to computers? My wife has run Win7 on her desktop machine since it was released. It’s not that she never found any unwanted malware, but that it never affected the operation of her system. … Continue reading

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Fundamental Lies

Jesus is the personification of the Law. The curse of the Law was that it was so very difficult to wade through the Law to see the character of God. In Christ, that character takes on a human form. It … Continue reading

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Moral Power

Divine justice is reality. It is not a restraint in the sense that you cannot sin, but that you cannot understand what sin is, nor the consequences of sin, without understanding God’s Laws. Everything He did in Creation follows His … Continue reading

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Scripture, Serenity and Sexual ID

Some of my readers still suffer from the effects of legalistic literalism in their education. Writing here on this blog, I often use certain terms loosely because of the necessities of parabolic language. I could nail down with precision that … Continue reading

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