This page is maintained for pastors, elders, and anyone who has already evaluated the site and wants to stay current without re-reading everything. Each entry describes what changed, why, and links to the specific section so you can find it directly.
The changelog begins from the publication of the For Pastors page on March 16, 2026.
Only substantive content changes are listed here. Corrections of typos, styling adjustments, and infrastructure changes are not included.
March 18, 2026 β The third option and the Gethsemane contrast
The Fall section now names the option Adam refused: he could have turned to God. He could have trusted that the God who called aloneness "not good" would not abandon Eve. Instead he trusted his own hands. This sharpens the disordered love reading into an indictment of faithlessness, not a softening of the fall. The Second Adam section now includes Gethsemane as the structural inversion: Christ faces the same temptation (bride in ruin, power to act independently) and makes the opposite choice. "Not my will, but yours." Where Adam seized, Christ surrendered. (The Fall, The Second Adam, Adam and Christ?)
March 18, 2026 β Pastoral review response
An external pastoral review of the full site identified several areas where the framework had room to grow. Four targeted edits responded to that feedback.
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New Q&A: "Can I lose my place on the road?" β The framework leaned Reformed compatibilist but never addressed perseverance of the saints explicitly. The new entry states the lean, cites John 10:28β29 and Romans 8:38β39, treats the Arminian warning-passage reading with respect, and lands pastorally on assurance.
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Expanded Q&A: "What is the connection between Adam and Christ?" β Previously a stub summarizing the Pauline typology. Now develops the bridal thread: Adam's act as a failed rescue (disordered love, going after his bride), Christ's act as the true rescue (the same shape, the opposite outcome). The Q&A develops the guardrails the comparison requires before stating it.
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Mission urgency added to "What about people who never heard?" β The entry previously described the particularist motivation for mission urgency in the third person. The framework's own voice now affirms the Great Commission directly: "The warmth needs the road, and the road needs a name."
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Intermediate state clarified in "What happens when we die?" β Previously jumped from death to final-state language without distinguishing the two. Now mirrors the essay's existing language: presence with Christ is immediate; bodily resurrection awaits the return. "The intermediate state is presence without completion. The homecoming is both."
March 17, 2026 β Doctrinal deepening (Passes 4Aβ4C)
Three passes responding to a comprehensive content review. Focused on strengthening what was already present rather than adding new positions.
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Union with Christ language strengthened in the essay. Forensic phrasing tightened. The judicial register integrated more clearly into sections where it was implied but not stated. (The Second Adam, The Heart of the Fire)
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Threshold and purity motif surfaced in the essay and Q&A. The coal image developed as a picture of corporate worship. Leader's notes added to study guides. Sacramental sections strengthened in the Q&A and framework page.
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Forgiveness section reordered for abuse survivors. Pastoral sensitivity moved ahead of general teaching so that a reader who has been harmed encounters the guardrails before the exhortation. (Why is unforgiveness so destructive?)
March 17, 2026 β God's personal register
Three surgical insertions where the fire metaphor runs most impersonal, so the reader encounters God as Person before the redemption arc arrives. The Source names the fire as personal β a God who speaks, pursues, grieves, and covenants. The Variable names every face of distance as relational β debt owed to someone, covenant broken with someone. The Nature of Evil names privation as the absence of Someone, not abstract emptiness. (The Source, The Variable, The Nature of Evil)
March 17, 2026 β New page: "Where to Start"
A sequenced entry point for new believers: read one story (The Fire Never Moved), open the Gospel of John, find a church. Designed so pastors can hand it directly to someone who has just come to faith without needing to engage the full framework. (Where to Start)
March 17, 2026 β Content corrections
Fixed a factual contradiction in the Q&A. Expanded several thin Q&A answers that needed more substance. Tightened the judicial section to remove premature verdict language that could confuse the sequence of justification.
March 17, 2026 β Pastoral additions
Added teaching guardrails and pastoral notes across the site. Added a personal testimony to the About page: the road the author built was the one he needed.
March 16, 2026 β The Fall deepened
Developed the counterfeit sacrifice framing in the essay's treatment of Adam's fall. Added Moses at Meribah and Samson with Delilah as echoes of the same pattern: knowing disobedience, choosing the creature over the Source, with the cost already named. This strengthens the framework's claim that human rebellion rarely looks like Lucifer's β it hides behind more intimate motives. (The Fall)
March 16, 2026 β Sacramental and pastoral corrections
Strengthened sacramental weight in the Q&A and framework page. Pastoral review corrections: personhood signpost added to the essay, particularist reading given explicit respect in the unevangelized Q&A, crisis line placement improved on story pages, teaching guardrails clarified on the pastors page. Asymmetry phrasing tightened in the compatibilism section.
March 16, 2026 β Glossary
Added a glossary with inline popovers throughout the site. Hebrew terms with transliterations, Greek theological vocabulary, careful definitions distinguishing forensic from ontological categories. Terms appear as subtle underlined links wherever they occur in the text, with definitions accessible on hover or tap.