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Pulled Away
You’ve heard it before: If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. Let me add: If you want to make God smile, ask Him about His plans. I realize how radical a shift it is for Americans … Continue reading
PTSD 02
PTSD is not just on or off; there are degrees and varying types. Not every trauma provokes PTSD. After talking with some folks who were diagnosed with it, the common thread seems to be a sense of betrayal. When that … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant community of faith, epistemology, sanity, social welfare system, Unseen Realm
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To the Catacombs
Continuing with yesterday’s theme, let’s stay on track. The Lord is working out His policies through His Divine Council. The purpose is wrapped up in the debate over His handling of Lucifer’s case. Some elohim rebelled in rather absolute terms … Continue reading
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Tagged economic troubles, Elohim Council, political power, prophecy, Roman government, tribulation, underground church, Unseen Realm
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Holy Spirit Required
Most of you remember the incident in Acts 3 where Peter and John were entering the Temple and ran across a lame fellow begging at the Beautiful Gate. They healed the man and he came dancing and shouting into the … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged healing, messianic expectations, miracles, Suffering Servant, Transfiguration, Unseen Realm
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Sorry, He Doesn’t Follow Christ
I have a burden on my heart: Bad times are coming, and will include a large number of threats we cannot imagine. I want God’s people to come through this with power and glory. I pray that people who call … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged Covenant of Christ, lordship of Christ, pastoral ministry, SSH, tribulation, Unseen Realm, Vox Day, worldliness
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Telling the Story Again, Part 2
Let’s review what we gain from Heiser’s thesis. As always, it’s not simply his thesis; he brought together a vast body of scholarly work and presented it to church folks who rarely hear anything about it. The huge gulf in … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged divine election, Eternity, Michael S. Heiser, righteous remnant, temptation, the Devil, the Fall, Three Rebellions, Unseen Realm
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Telling the Story Again, Part 1
As always, I can only declare what I see. I know for certain there are things I don’t see, but it’s my instinct to make the most of what I do see. The problem is that I can see a … Continue reading
Eschatology Notes 02
Related to the concept that covenants can have invisible aspects is the whole concept of Two Realms. Heiser is obviously aware of this, having written Unseen Realm, and refers to it often enough, but he lacks the broad sweep of … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, covenants, divine election, eschatology, the Spirit Realm, Two Realms, Unseen Realm
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You Need to See for Yourself
We need insight into the Unseen Realm. We need more believers capable of discerning what’s going on with the boundary line between our limited reality and the realm of Darkness. A primary feature of our culture is the smoke and … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged Biblical Mysticism, demons, Hebrew epistemology, otherworldly, Satan, teaching, Unseen Realm
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NT Doctrine — 2 Timothy 1
Reminder: This is probably the last of Paul’s writings chronologically. Again, Timothy is in Ephesus as the resident Apostle. Any day now a large number of folks from Jerusalem will come streaming into the area, fleeing a Jewish rebellion in … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Mysticism, divine election, human existence, Timothy, Unseen Realm
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