by Trent Wilde Today, the word “spirit” usually means something non-physical. The “spirit” of a person is thought to be the immaterial part of them – sometimes equated with the soul. The “spiritual realm” is considered to be a plane of existence beyond the bounds of space and time. When reading English translations of the […]
(Corresponding Podcast – Follow Podcast) Before Spirit Was Spiritualistic: Philosophical Materialism from Genesis to Jesus ← This is the title of a series of talks we hosted and published over seven Saturdays, from April 8 to May 20, 2023. What’s the series about? It’s about Jesus and his philosophical predecessors and successors and how they […]
The message of the prophet Jeremiah repudiated the orthodoxy of his day, and it repudiates the orthodoxy of our day. In doing so, it also positively teaches us some valuable lessons. Before getting into that, though, let’s go over a few important facts about Jeremiah. The When – Jeremiah delivered his message during the last […]
(Podcast Version – Follow/Subscribe) My last post dealt with Jeremiah 3:6-7. There is something important we can learn from verse 6 that I didn’t comment on. Hence, this post. Here is the verse: 3:6 And Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Do you♂ see what she did? Turncoat – Israel – she went […]
(Podcast Version – Follow/Subscribe) You’re probably familiar with 1st and 2nd Samuel, 1st and 2nd Kings, 1st and 2nd Corinthians, and maybe even 1st and 2nd Esdras (from the Apocrypha), but how about 1st and 2nd Ezekiel? No? No worries; most have never heard of it. But back in the first century C.E., it was […]
An Explication of Ode 36of the Odes of “Solomon”by Trent Wilde The New Moon Messagesof the 12th, 13th and 1st MonthsFebruary 14, March 15, and April 14, 2021(Click Here for a PDF version of this article.) Words sweet as honey as the melodious tweet of birds Taste of morning sunlight with knowledge-giving curds What beauty is […]
In the beginning God… THE HOLY SPIRIT, SHE The Lord Our Righteousness (Jeremiah 33:15, 16) Copyright, July 8, 1979 Excerpts from studies given October 21, 1978 to July 8, 1979 in a Seminar on the Holy Spirit by Lois I. Roden INTRODUCTION In the permissive society that exists in our world today, the law of […]
