The Wandering Heretic

This is the last part of my review of Jeff Sharlet’s, “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.” In the process of my review, I have contended that the subtitle is extremely misleading. As the terms are commonly defined, the organization (if it can be called that) headed by [...]

And don’t think I am protected since I don’t live in Canada. After all, Mark Stein is living in America and he was charged via the Canadian Human Rights Commission with publishing “hate speech” in a Canadian magazine. Also, many Canadians are being charged even if Americans post supposedly “hate filled” comments on [...]

I am finally picking up the gauntlet from my previous post, Dancing To Heaven, Pt. 1. Since it has been awhile, my readers may be advised to review that post before moving on to this one.
I am taking up the topic of the Christian over-emphasis—if not complete limitation—on the Gospel as “going to Heaven [...]

I have examined the evidence in the Old Covenant relating to interest rates. There I found that Israelites, when making charity loans to poor Israelites, if they were Jewish or otherwise a long term resident in the Land, were restricted to an interest rate of zero. If the lender was not Jewish and the [...]

The current, if you excuse the expression, interest in Ohio’s proposed legislation to limit the rates charged by Payday Lenders has been taken up by area pastors. The Payday Lenders reportedly charge up to rates equaling 391% APR in some cases, and the pastors are behind legislation that will limit this rate to 36%. [...]

 
Back to the Dee Dee Hillier Dance Studio

Michael Spencer has had an interesting blog series on Heaven. Michael does not disbelieve in heaven but he does note the paradox of our modern definition of the Gospel being about “going to heaven when you die” and the absence of this emphasis in the Scriptures themselves. He titles this series “Too Much Heaven” [...]

The decision of James at the Jerusalem council has been the subject of some controversy; not the decision itself but the rational behind the decision. Unless someone is willing to admit that the four restrictions of Gentile behavior were arbitrary, James had to have some underlying understanding of the Scriptures that prompted that focus.
This [...]

The decision of James at the Jerusalem Council almost demands a search for the underlying logic. On its own, the four stipulations given to the Gentiles appear almost random. They were to avoid “things” sacrificed to idols, blood, food that was strangled, and “sexual perversion.” As I noted previously, this is [...]

Since I am exploring how the Assembly (commonly translated as “church”) is a Gentile attachment to Israel within Gentile Lands, I figured now would be a good time to wish everyone a Happy Passover. Passover is not yet, you say? This is Easter season; Passover is not until April 19th of this year [...]