We must build a Covenant lore. We don’t need more Scripture; we need Jesus walking among us. He’s not some static image of truth, but a real person who would naturally make adjustments in His self expression depending on the context. He is all things to all people, and that means He’s going to act…
Month: June 2023
A Rescue Operation
The appeal continues, but I need to make some distinctions. Jesus and the Apostles told His followers to stay away from human politics. Our own internal community politics is hard enough when we do it exactly as Jesus expects. As a general rule, we have no business getting involved in the outside political situation. I…
The Cross We Carry
I would not trade anything for the faith and peace I have today. The path here was long and convoluted. It’s no reflection on God, but of the mess I was in when I gave Him my life. I can’t count all the locations where I stopped along way, thinking I had found the right…
How Did We Get Here? Part 4
The early churches left the Hebraic outlook and slipped quickly into a worldly path. Their activities took on the same methods and means as the human political context in which they lived. At the long tail end of political wrangling and nit-picking over how to define the answer to questions that should not have been…
How Did We Get Here? Part 3
Note: I’m aware that Catholics are officially somewhat ecumenical. However, the way the church operates still reflects the underlying assumption that everyone not a Catholic is a heretic. The Orthodox are even less forgiving. In order to understand the East-West Schism in Church History, you need to understand the nature of all the other controversies…
How Did We Get Here? Part 2
As some random nobody writing about this stuff, I can offer one advantage: I’m just fine with you deciding to choose the Catholic, Orthodox, any other church, or none at all. All I’m doing here is outlining my own take on things, and it might help you make up your own mind. Building your faith…
How Did We Get Here? Part 1
Yesterday’s post served to reassert freshly a fundamental doctrine, but also as a set up for something I’ve been asked to address: Where did the Orthodox family of churches come from? How did they split from the Roman Church? This is the Great Schism, AKA Catholic versus Orthodox. You can’t get there from here. It’s…
Maybe You Will
The Kingdom of Heaven is in Heaven. It is not here on Earth. It is manifested in this world by the Elect who still live as humans, but the bulk of our Heavenly family has already gone to Heaven ahead of us. When any big shot or organization or institution claims to be the Kingdom…
Humility and Privilege
The Covenant focuses on privilege. Your individual liberty is not granted by default, but is based on demonstrated accountability. The Covenant is naturally pessimistic about human nature. It assumes a flawed fleshly nature that must be restrained. If you develop the ability to restrain it yourself, you are assumed fit to lead others. It wasn’t…
Dust Devils of Religion
Your understanding and your human experience is surely useful to the Lord, but it is not the same as His voice. I’m going to cite an example: Rick Warren soon is going to stand before the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and appeal for them to swallow the idea of ordaining women to preach and pastor….