We left off in yesterday’s post with this… To summarize the distinctions: (1) eternal spiritual birth (grace) was always available to the Elect since before Creation; (2) the higher moral obligation of personal feudal submission was inherent in the Flaming Sword (mercy) and all the rest of God’s revelation. Feudal submission did not in itself…
Tag: Christian Mysticism
9 Feet Thick
As a teenager, I spent time with a lay minister in local missions. One of his signature statements was that the pages of the Bible are nine feet thick. He didn’t know the half of it. Someone sent me a book: The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis by Matthieu Pageau. It is not…
On Humility
A friend asked me about humility the other day. I told him that the most important thing he should know is that humility cannot be had by discipline. It is born in you, or it isn’t there at all. When the Holy Spirit awakens your spirit, your very first reaction is to fall on your…
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…