I’ve been asked if I know what I posted that got my old blog closed (crez.strob.us). While it’s possible I misinterpreted things, I believe I can point to one line that got way more attention than I would have expected. I never thought of it as controversial. Folks who don’t exactly support the federal government…
Month: June 2024
How to Proceed?
I hope by now it’s obvious that there are a lot of things we cannot pretend to nail down for those following the Radix Fidem path. On the one hand, the Law of Christ is pretty obvious. At His Last Seder He said that we should love each other as He does. A short time…
Elitist Turf Wars
One of the things that has always bothered me was the sharp divide between professional ministry training versus academic Bible education. It’s two entirely different worlds. To some degree, the seminaries are to blame, because of their institutional prejudice against those on the divinity (ministry) track versus those on the academic. The latter are always…
RF Principle: Intellect Is Flesh
A couple of small items… 1. Basic Radix Fidem principle: Human intellect must be a servant to faith. They should never be regarded as equals. Faith must always rule. Human intellect — reason, logic, gnosis, etc. — is fallen. It is part of the fleshly nature. As such, it cannot be trusted very far. The…
Sorry, But It’s Human Vanity
I realize that the Hebrew terms translated as “soul” (nephesh) and “spirit” (ru’ach) are used interchangeably. Animals are said to have both in the Old Testament, and whether it’s literal or figurative at this point doesn’t matter. However, they aren’t used that way in English, at least in the circles I’ve encountered. When I wrote…
A Clue to Our Divine Duty
Regarding the specifics of the Old Covenant, I’m hardly the first to say it was “for that people, that time, that place”. We need not ape the Israeli religion in order to obey God. On the other hand, we know that some of the Old Testament did show up in the New. Paul’s letters are…
Heiser Was Western to the Core
I’ve been asked to explain once again why I disagree with Dr. Michael Heiser on some issues. I’ve read most of his books all the way through, along with the ancillary study materials. I’ve watched many hours of his videos and paid close attention to what he said and how he said it. One of…
A Dead Problem
What happens to people who die? Answering this is going to sound at first like I’m contradicting what I said in yesterday’s post. Stay with me; I’m having to deconstruct a lot of common misconceptions about what the Bible teaches. The standard western notion is that your soul goes into Eternity. There’s some confusion about…
A Soul Problem
In English translations of the Bible, the Hebrew word nephesh is translated as “soul” most of the time. It’s not always necessary to chase down the etymology of a word to understand the concept. However, this time I recommend it; thus, the link. Don’t feel obliged to read every word there, just scan over it….
Solomon Was Right
Did Jesus need to know about the solar system in order to die on the Cross? Did His lack of our modern scientific understanding of molecular physics hinder the effectiveness of His sacrifice for us? When cast against the background of Eternity and the issues involving the elohim council, the physical layout of the universe…