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What Are We Doing?
In order to say more about elders and pastors, it’s necessary to step back just a bit and review what they are doing when working together. Jesus referred to spiritual birth in John 3. But this wasn’t new; He honestly … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged ANE, Biblical Law, fallen nature, heart-led, New Testament, old testament, radix fidem, spiritual birth, the Covenant of Moses
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The Same God as Always
Our Creator has not changed since Creation began. There is a pernicious heresy, a conscious teaching in some cases, but a passive subconscious assumption by most mainstream Christians that the Old Testament writers didn’t really know God. Or perhaps they … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged Biblical Law, Creation, divine mercy, New Testament, old testament, the Fall
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Covenant Sexuality
This is long and it’s going to be hard for some of you to understand. If you are too deeply pickled in the Western mythology of romance, you may be revolted by some of this. If you are able to … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged ancient hebrew culture, children, covenant of moses, feminism, human sexuality, old testament, sexual desire, shalom, tribal society, Western mythology, Western society
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They Say It’s Nutty
It’s not that we pay no attention to the consequences of our choices, but that our knowledge of the consequences aren’t the primary guide for our choices. We do what’s morally right. Not because of any alleged good payoff, but … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Biblical Law, law, Law and Grace, New Testament, old testament, prophecy
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A Little More about “Law”
In the Ancient Near Eastern (ANE) mind, “law” was nothing like our Western concept. It was always envisioned as a covenant. It was personal and feudal in nature. The closest term we can use is a “suzerain-vassal treaty,” and even … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Apostle Paul, feudalism, Judaism, Law of Moses, New Testament, old testament, Pharisaism
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Spiritualizing the Text: Sample
I’m working back through the passages where the New Testament writers were guilty of “spiritualizing the text” of the Old Testament. That’s sarcasm; I reject the notion there is anything wrong with doing that. Yet the same people who assert … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged epistemology, hebrew culture, Matthew's Gospel, mysticism, old testament, prophet isaiah, scripture, Virgin Birth
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Universalist Logic
Walk in the light you have. I’m not here to dictate orthodoxy for others; I can only relate to you what I’ve experienced. Theology as commonly done among Western Christians is wholly misleading because it pretends certitude here in this … Continue reading
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Tagged divine revelation, moral consciousness, mysticism, old testament, theology, Two Realms, western christians
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Evangelical False God
It never stops. Every where I turn, I keep encountering the same blindness, though expressed in different ways. And the people who wallow in that blindness rarely seize the hand offered so they can be pulled out. Mercy cannot be … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged epistemology, law, old testament, scripture, spirituality, Western Christian mythology
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