There is something I wanted to emphasize for Radix Fidem folks: Covenant boundaries offer more protection than you know. Hebrew culture assumed that the rebellious elohim councilors were quite able to reach inside human heads and direct thoughts and behavior. However, that didn’t let the victims off the hook, because the only reason people would…
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Triad of Community Building
Lots of good information in Kevin MacDonald’s “Why Are Professors Liberals?” [PDF]. It’s a bit long, but well worth your time. Along with answering the obvious question in the title, it reminds us of the utter necessity of tribalism for Covenant folks. Without a tribal identity, we are quickly overwhelmed by outside forces that are…
You’re Welcome
The Covenant identity trumps all human ethnic and social identities. It’s not that you can change your personality and background, but that your flesh surrenders to the Covenant. In our fleshly human existence, there will forever be the tension between whence we came and the demands of the gospel. Our calling in Christ is to…
Not the Only One
The Covenant creates a nation of hearts. The flesh is just excess baggage. Our fleshly identity may even amuse us at times, but it is fragile and untrustworthy. Once we migrate our conscious awareness into our hearts and begin living by our convictions, we take upon ourselves a sort of schizophrenia. The flesh is one…
Forced March
It’s exceedingly hard to be pastoral online. I can’t reach out and put a hand on your shoulder; I can’t bow with you in prayer and let you hear me calling out to God on your behalf. I can’t lay hands on you for any kind of healing. That’s the real tragedy of this ministry….
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…