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Laying Claim to Shalom
While attending college at Oklahoma Baptist University in the mid-1970s, a lot of good things happened to me. I don’t remember them as good years in my life, but the Lord was at work, reshaping me. One of the most … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged ancient hebrew culture, ANE, eastern cultures, faith, intellectual traditions, religion, scripture
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Stringent Boundaries
For me, the basic principle is infiltrate, don’t assimilate. We have plenty of examples how various cultural minorities do this: Orthodox Jews, Romany, and in some locations, Muslims. These groups move to different parts of the world and, to varying … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged Christian mythology, holiness, noncomformity, religion, western christianity, western civilization
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Child Trafficking Is a Western Problem
Teach your children about heart-led moral truth. There are some who say the current political regime in the USA has accomplished great things. On the list of victories they cite is a huge number of “child trafficking” prosecutions. It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged child trafficking, cynicism, epistemology, human sexuality, law, materialism, pedophilia, philosophy, pornography, religion
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A Church That Isn’t
What we can say about Radix Fidem depends on the question and how you ask it. We are a community of shared faith, but not a church, nor a denomination. It’s really about faith itself. This is not an organization, … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged church, covenant community of faith, eldercraft, faith, radix fidem, religion
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A Social Ideal
What would be our social ideal? I’m not trying to speak for Radix Fidem here; this is just my personal standards, and what I would teach my own local covenant family. Keep in mind that we are all fully aware … Continue reading
Long Lost Treasures
We cannot help people who aren’t under the Covenant of Christ. It’s not enough that one is spiritually reborn. He or she must also be fully and consciously committed to Christ as Lord over their entire existence. Every decision in … Continue reading
Posted in prophecy
Tagged Biblical Law, church, covenant community of faith, kingdom of heaven, religion, shalom, Two Realms, western christianity
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Raising Ruins
I saw it coming as a tsunami of darkness. It made me feel really out of place as I struggled to find my way through the pastoral ministry jungle. On the one hand, I knew by faith, beyond all doubt, … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged church politics, compromise, mainstream churches, mainstream media, religion, SJWs
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The Mortality Filter
The hardest thing you’ll ever do is rewrite all the mental programming that demands you try to save this life and this world. Try to process: This world is damned and God will not permit it be saved. He wants … Continue reading
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Tagged Creator, divine revelation, heart-led, mortality, peace with god, religion, shalom, spiritual birth
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The Real Parties
There are two political parties in the US. Some claim there are more, but those others are just variations on the basic two. First is the materialistic middle-class pretentious liars. Their moral self-image is a false front, a moral depravity … Continue reading
A Gossamer Distinction
In Radix Fidem, we make much of the Old Testament as the foundation for what Jesus taught. If you were to step back and examine the Old Testament, you would see that, while some rituals were carefully structured and regulated, … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged evangelism, heart-led, moral perception, religion, Western society
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