What is the Word of God?: A Prophetic Think Tank
The novelist Thomas Pynchon said, "If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.” Not that the question "what is the word of God?"…
Matthew 11, the Meaning of Repentance and and Sin. Passing by Nehushtan
Matthew 11 and the Meaning of Repentance Why are we deceiving ourselves? I’ll tell you why. Take this line in John 16: “Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no…
Luke 10: The Good Samaritan: A Prophetic Think Tank
Luke 10: The Good Samaritan: A Prophetic Think Tank This is one parable that, more than any other, through the lens of the word of our divines, through the lens…
The Parable of the Sower: A Prophetic Think Tank
The Parable of the Sower -The Context of Apostasy This is my interpretation of the Parable of the Sower. I first want to just gripe. Gripe about how easy this…
Sacred Symbology: The Transcendent Symbol: A Prophetic Think Tank
Sacred Symbology: Describing the Transcendent Symbol Note: This is a part of a continuing discussion of symbolism in theology. There are a number of articles in this series:
Prophetic Theory: Prophecy as Fact, part III: A Prophetic Think Tank
Prophetic Theory and the Necessity of Messianic Prophecy “Prophecy as Fact” is meant in two senses: Messianic prophecy is self-attesting, and therefore God’s method of self-attestation, used to show himself,…
Liberals, Conservatives, and Jesus, part VI: Politics and Religion
This is an article in a series. Here are the others: Church History: What Went Wrong? part 1 Liberal Madness, Conservative Treachery, and Jesus: part II Liberal Madness, Conservative Treachery,…
Matthew 5 and the Adultery of the Heart: A Prophetic Think Tank
The Adultery of the Heart I did an earlier article on the SOTM, found here. It’s another approach to dealing with this, taking the passage in Matthew and that in…
Church Doctrine vs. the Didache of Jesus: A Prophetic Think Tank
What is "Doctrine," in the Greek didache? Is it theological conclusions, propositions, instructions, or is this conception missing an essential divine topic?
Sacred Symbology part 3. Symbols and Revelation
Passing by Nenushtan: A Prophetic Think Tank I am writing the first articles, if you would call them that, for a very unusual theological website. This is part 3 of…
The Sermon on the Mount (its not about what we think)
The Sermon on the Mount of the Prophetic The assumption has always been that the Beatitudes are about being meek, kind, and merciful as a fulfillment of the essence of…
Head and Heart: John 14:1-12: Having Jesus In Your Heart But Not In Your Head
The Head and Heart Antipathy? Who wins? What is the difference between faith and intellectual assent, or what we call reason? Between head and heart? Is there a difference between…
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Sacred Symbology part 3. Symbols and Revelation
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