I can’t say whether it will be a regular feature, but Fun_and_Prophet offered another poem that matched the tone for today’s post. It refers to Romans 15:2 – EDIFY Each of us can be agreeable,serve those near us,town or table. The purpose is to build them up,be the highway, not a speed-bump. I realize that…
Month: August 2023
Don’t Turn Away from Christ
Apparently, it’s time to offer a reminder: the Radix Fidem way shares nothing important with any human political agenda. Stated another way, the existing partisan agendas in the US are uniformly hostile to our faith and covenant. The only difference is their philosophical reasons for rejecting the gospel. Both the broader left and right identities…
Living through Tribulation
First, a little refreshment for your heart and mind. One of our readers, preferring the nickname of Fun_and_Prophet, offered this little poem in response to my parable of slate: THE SLATE OF PRIORITIES As foot-traffic polishes slate on the floor,so my taste for His Glory increases the morewhen I turn a soft cheek, pursuing the…
Faith Can Bear the Load
Let’s make a distinction: It is not a sin to profit in business. It is a sin to worship Mammon. If you are serving Jehovah, you will not put profits first. You will put people first. You will be altogether willing to go bankrupt and lose everything if that’s what the Father has in mind…
Not about Me
Some of you have been asking the wrong questions lately in our private discussions. Reminder: This blog is about the Radix Fidem way of faith. Radix Fidem is meta-religion, a religious study of how to do religion. It’s not even a movement. This blog is nothing more than one guy asking readers to consider certain…
Abomination of Desolation
I’ve been asked to explain my take on the term “abomination of desolation”. The phrase first appears in Scripture with Daniel’s prophecies in 9:27, 11:31 and 12:11. Later, Jesus refers to this in the Gospels, particularly as reported by Matthew in Jesus’ long discussion sitting on the Mount of Olives, where they could all gaze…
Spiritual Politics
Our mission is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. That glory is chiefly defined as walking in His Covenant. In the wider context, that means we are making the case in Heaven for Jehovah’s agenda in Heaven. We are His witnesses. We have only vague hints in Scripture about most of that, but we do…
Feed His Sheep
Hopefully you are familiar with the image of King David as the quintessential shepherd. This is also the biblical image of manhood in general, and of leadership in particular. It exemplifies nobility in the eyes of God, and is fundamental to His expectations for anyone selected to wield power throughout Creation. Thus, the very definition…
The Priorities of Slate
Let’s review. I’ve said that pursuing questions of ontology is chasing after the wind. The term “ontology” is a fancy word that means trying to pin down the nature of something. Defining the nature of things helps you work with them and change the physical situation of life, but it cannot bring you peace. In…