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We Reject Calvinism
But we are predestinarians. I need to go back to fundamentals to explain the difference, because I’ve been asked about this again. If we don’t embrace the Hebrew assumptions about reality, we cannot understand the Bible. Most theologians and preachers … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, Calvinism, Covenant of Christ, covenants, epistemology, false guilt, fleshly nature, Gentiles, Hellenism, mortality, predestination, religion, sin, the Covenant of Moses, the Cross, TULIP
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Getting Words Right
Re: Naked Bible 131: Conference Interviews Part 4 Let’s talk about terminology. This is no different than anything we’ve said before; it’s just another person expressing the same thing when Heiser interviewed NT Wright. The Kingdom of God is what … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged covenant identity, Covenant of Christ, divine election, ethnic identity, Hellenism, mortality, old testament, spiritual redemption, the Cross, theology
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Symbols and Icons
Re: Naked Bible 130: Conference Interviews Part 3 Heiser interviews David Burnett regarding his paper, “Death, Resurrection, and Transformation in Scripture in 1 Corinthians 15”. This has to do mostly with how the Septuagint and New Testament documents interplay via … Continue reading
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Tagged elohim, eternal nature, idolatry, Michael S. Heiser, mortality, NT, OT, resurrection, symbolic references, Unseen Realm
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The One Thing They Don’t Have
It has been tough for me; I have no doubt it’s tough for a lot of others. Perhaps the hardest thing for a believer from a western background is to embrace the primacy of peace with God over everything else … Continue reading
Creatures of Eternity
Our God has revealed Himself in the context of this fallen world. He has gone out of His way at great personal expense to reach out to us and not only show the truth, but to empower that truth to … Continue reading
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Tagged Eternity, human capabilities, lordship of Christ, mortality, prophecy, the Devil
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Western Punitive Vindictiveness
Every day I talk to people who struggle with false guilt. This is the weapon Satan uses to keep us from seizing our divine heritage. Let me remind you that a part of our western heritage is the odd mixture … Continue reading
The Mythology of Evil
One of the biggest problems we face in promoting an ancient Hebrew outlook is the cluttered field of lies contained in western mythology. All the way back to Beowulf we have a string of powerful evil men who, using some … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged ancient hebrew culture, evil, human futility, mortality, pagan mythology, the Devil
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It’s Not Ours
Consider the logic: Human nature is loaded with desires on multiple levels. Even in the fabric of petty individual desires there are threads of something much bigger, of a discernible human imperative. The instinct for self-preservation is just the face … Continue reading
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Tagged christian mysticism, Creation, divine election, Eternity, Garden of Eden, mortality, otherworldly
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Great Privilege and Expectation
The Word of God is Jesus Christ. In-depth studies of Hebrew lore that stood prior to His birth shows that the Hebrew scholars believed that God’s Word in the Unseen Realm was always a manifestation of His will, an entity … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged Biblical Law, divine election, Elohim Council, God's character, God's glory, human futility, Jesus Christ, mortality, Unseen Realm, Word of God
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