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Tag Archives: covenants
Romans 5-6 — Law versus Grace
I can’t promise that you’ll like my handling of this. Our difficulty is not merely that Western Christianity reads the words wrong, but that Western Christianity has a totally different set of assumptions about reality from what Paul held when … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Paul, Covenant of Noah, covenants, Garden of Eden, Greco-Roman, Law of Moses, sin
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This Is Not an Organization
Our objective is not to grow in numbers. That will inevitably happen as the Lord adds to our number, but our objective is peace with God. If this thing doesn’t call your name, then you can’t have it. There’s nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged covenants, Creation, Garden of Eden, heart-led, shalom, spiritual family, the Fall
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Covenant Changes Everything
There are endless debates about what is in the best interest of the people, the country, what is just, etc. Let’s get one thing straight: Unless a divine covenant is involved, none of it matters. It’s all lies without a … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, convictions, Covenant of Noah, covenants, heart-led, Law Covenants, radix fidem
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Individualism and Commitments
Under the covenant of Radix Fidem, we know that we cannot simply rebuild the ancient ways in our current society. Rather, we seek to reawaken the heart of what was behind the ancient biblical religion. We aren’t the Hebrew people, … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient truth, covenants, heart-led, human reason, individual faith, radix fidem, spiritual family, western epistemology
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Terminology: Biblical Law
You are aware of the Covenant of Moses. Regular readers are surely aware of the Covenant of Noah. What you may not understand is that Moses was a particular application of Noah. Moses was restricted to a specific people, time … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Biblical Law, biblical terminology, covenants, moral discernment, parable
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Feudal, Covenantal, Personal and Contextual
Creation is alive, sentient and willful. I could as easily use the noun “reality” and it still fits. We could say the same with Biblical Law, because it is synonymous with “the Word of God” and “the will of God.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, covenants, Creation, divine revelation, Garden of Eden, personal boundaries, reality
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One Source
I’m not going to tell you that is no power outside the biblical Covenant of Christ. When Moses stood up in Pharaoh’s court, we see that the magicians were in some ways on par with Moses in terms of wonders. … Continue reading
