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Love Is the Law
I behold the face of my beloved. I seriously doubt you would find it aesthetically pleasing, but you haven’t spent a lifetime in her love, so I can forgive you for that. But I’m willing to bet you would understand … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant, divine justice, divine revelation, grace, law, mercy, scripture, spirituality
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Defacto ANE Family
The original first churches under the leadership of Jesus’ disciples were defacto Hebrew families. Consider the historical cultural context. The Hebrew people lived under ANE feudalism. Their immediate government was their family, and any higher political power was obliged to … Continue reading
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Answering 04: Radicals
We are more radical than radicals. The world “radical” implies a plan to cut things back to the very roots and try to grow a better crop the next time. What we do here in our parish is more like … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civilization, evangelism, mysticism, propaganda, psychology, scripture, spirituality, technology, western civilization
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Psalm 95
This is another very popular psalm, the basis for several contemporary songs and quotations in the New Testament. It’s also the first of a half-dozen poems celebrating divine sovereignty. They fit into the general type of processional hymns. We can … Continue reading
Perverted Professional Standards
There’s a burden on my mind about church leadership. I’ll pick the occasion of Tullian Tchividjian’s professional meltdown for my opinionated screed. The linked story includes more detail than most accounts in the popular media. Let’s pretend it’s accurate, though … Continue reading
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Tagged church politics, ministry, religion, scripture, social stability, western civilization
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A Sample of Dispie Folly
For those of you inclined to understand the madness of Dispensationalism from a safe distance, I wanted to share with you an outline of some primary features. This comes from a study offered at Jesus-Is-Lord: Dispensational theology centers upon the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dispensationalism, divine revelation, heresy, scripture, theology
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If People Can Talk Out of Their Butts…
It’s typical of Western intellectual processes to get things backward. We have a long, fat record of theologians and teachers insisting that we have to lean more toward a literal rendering of Scripture. This legalistic approach has caused no end … Continue reading
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Tagged heart-mind, intellect, moral discernment, mysticism, scripture, spirituality, western civilization
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Proverbs 31
We don’t know who Lemuel was nor should we let the question distract us. About the only useful scholarship we have on the source of this chapter tells us that it seems Aramaic in grammar and character of expression. Up … Continue reading