Some of the questions I get indicate I need to elaborate on something a bit more: You need not think like I do for fellowship and Kingdom service together. I keep warning over and over: This fallen “reality” is not ultimate reality. Rather, we live in a place of shadows and mists. The greatest purity…
Month: October 2023
The Radix Fidem Identity
How would I summarize the Radix Fidem path? It started with a genuine faith, but the line of departure from the mainstream of Christian religion was what some have called an obsession: We must understand the Bible from within itself. At some critical juncture in my spiritual formation, someone taught me: “The Bible is an…
The Field of Action
Some of you already know that I am very cynical about revivals, as the word is typically used by American evangelicals. I would dearly love to see a move of the Holy Spirit, but I am deeply disturbed by the notion that it will always end up being called “a revival” with all the baggage…
Introducing Spiritual Info-warfare
As Fun_and_Prophet noted in a comment on the “Testimonial Weapons” post, some of you might find useful a guide to spiritual warfare cast as a procedure of steps. Keep in mind that this is a logical sequence, not necessarily how you would experience it. Most of us are facing multiple threats, and our attention would…
A Reason for Living
Some readers will throw a fit, not getting past the next paragraph. Your feelings are not the issue. Let’s make one thing clear: suicide in itself is not necessarily a sin. The Bible recognizes how suicide might be a noble path out of an impossible situation. It might be a little cowardly in some cases,…
Testimonial Weapons
We already understand that the reason Israeli men wore headgear in worship is because of the symbolism of a nation at war. It’s one thing to wear a uniform hat; even soldiers realize that they must remove that hat indoors — unless they are “under arms”. The “under arms” status refers to having been duly…
Spiritually Disarmed
The American Anglo-Saxon cultural roots get “trust” all wrong. I’ve said often enough that America is built on top of a high-trust culture. The connotations of “trust” in our society amounts to keeping yourself open to rape. There is a strong tendency for government to forbid self-defense because it hinders state prerogatives. But that is…
Compassion On Tap
In some private conversation about the previous post, I was reminded of one of the most difficult lessons for me, and apparently others. Keep in mind that my writing is targeted at nonconformists. That means eccentric people who aren’t typically group joiners. It is hardly the case that God called me to encourage spiritual Lone…
Will We Do This?
I’m doing all I can to restore what God really intended for us. I want to invite you to the Cross, to the Flaming Sword at the gate of Eden. I want you to lay claim to Psalm 51: Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me! Do not…
They Are Lying to Us
This is going to be very hard. I want you to disassociate imagery from reality in your mind. The videos and still shots are lies. I’ve seen specific evidence of this; some of you have, too. Often, a story headline will feature images and videos that have nothing to do with the story. Sometimes the…