Genuine faith is beyond words. We should be striving for a gospel commitment that uses whatever culture exists, but does not depend on it. What mankind can generate is just the context. Faith comes from God. We are dealing with a paradox here. It is our duty to understand as much as possible the context…
Tag: Unseen Realm
We Need to Be Faithful
My convictions warned me some years ago that any effort to share the Radix Fidem message of Covenant and convictions would someday be forced underground. I knew the Internet would be stolen from the public at large. I also expected that theft to come in increments, as it has. And I knew that our biggest…
The Big Surprise
Dr. Heiser seemed to believe that Satan and his minions were not aware that Jesus came specifically to die on the Cross. I consider this a mistake. First, the Wilderness Temptation indicates that the Tempter was trying to derail Jesus’ commitment to His mission as the Suffering Servant of Isaiah. Instead, the Devil wanted Him…
A Biblical Cosmology
This is going to be a bit long. Let’s review our imagery of biblical Hebrew cosmology, the metaphors used in Scripture to guide our thinking about how reality works. It is necessarily in the language of parables, but I am not afraid to guess about a more literal explanation at times. It relies some on…
Stop at the Boundary
I’ve been asked about this. In Matthew 11, Jesus lowers the boom on Judaism. First, He condemns the kind of unbelief that led to so very few repenting at the preaching of His cousin, John the Baptist. He elevates John to his proper standing in God’s reckoning, because John clearly understood God’s heart and Word….
Shoveling Manure 01
Think it through, folks. God gave us brains, not to run the show, but to organize and implement our response to His divine call. The heart runs the show; it is the part of you that is able to commit to Him. The brain cannot do it. The heart is directly connected to your spirit….
Help Our Unbelief
If you can take seriously the business of communing with nature through your heart, then you realize that this world is far less threatening that most westerners imagine. First, we need to deal with a bit of complication. You may know that the West is a convergence of the Greco-Roman Civilization and tribal Germanic barbarians…