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Don’t Surrender the Battlefield
Every crusade is a diversion to prevent a genuine repentance of sinners. Once again: The biblical standard is exceptionally strict compared to what is generally portrayed as “morally good” in our world. Sex with anyone except your covenant spouse is … Continue reading
Posted in prophecy
Tagged Arminianism, Biblical Law, binary logic, Calvinism, human reason, legalism, Pharisaism, theological controversies, worldliness
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Pondering the Path 01
On one level, it’s enough that I follow my convictions. That is the bottom line; it’s the fallback position I take when nothing makes sense in the world around me. Walk in the light you have. On another level, the … Continue reading
Another Dog Fight in the SBC
It’s the nature of Western Christianity to fracture, for sectarian divisions to proliferate. Every new theological fad that comes along generates new divisions and distinctions. Radix Fidem is on a different planet. We may tend to overlap now and then … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged Christian religion, church politics, globalism, Southern Baptists, theological controversies
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How about the Orthodox Church?
One of my regular readers asked me something about the Eastern Orthodox branch of Christian faith. I suppose I’ve already established I’m not too favorable about the Western Catholic branch, nor with much of the Protestantism that derived from it. … Continue reading
Predestination Is Not Election
The Doctrine of Election isn’t really in the Bible, but Sovereign Grace is. Keep in mind that the Scriptures were written mostly by Hebrew people. God designed their language and culture as the means to reveal Himself to fallen humanity. … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged ancient hebrew, divine election, grace, heart-led, predestination, theological controversies
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Fussing about Churchianity
I spent a little time recently reading specifically Christian news sites. Aside from one that holds a Catholic slant, most of them collect stories regarding American evangelical politics. There’s a lot of stuff aimed at pressuring US government entities to … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged church politics, churchianity, Dominionism, mainstream churches, secularism, theological controversies
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Theology and Practice — Divine Sovereignty
No sooner do I announce an intermission and I get a very good question. The doctrine of Divine Sovereignty includes several related theological controversies, most notably predestination. The problem is that most of what is out there rests on some … Continue reading
Theology and Practice: Intermission
Not that “intermission” is a theological topic, but I am taking an intermission in this series. I’ll be glad to address any questions you may have in the future, but I sense that we can move on to other things. … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged radix fidem, shalom, theological controversies, western intellectual heritage
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Doctrine of Atonement
This is a major point of conflict between the Western and Eastern Christian traditions. The Western view is based on tribal Germanic mythology, which bears an inherently vindictive and punitive view of God’s wrath. The image of God that arises … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged Christ on the Cross, covenants, Garden of Eden, narrative, spiritual birth, symbolic references, the Flaming Sword, theological controversies
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