Monthly Archives: July 2009

Hype, Hysteria, or Intel?

Posted on July 31, 2009 by ehurst

It’s pretty rare I would post twice on the same day, yet here it is. Apparently this business of the H1N1 flu virus is really jangling raw nerves. There is plenty of reason to believe it’s a designer virus, and … Continue reading →

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Religious Music Woes

Posted on July 31, 2009 by ehurst

Why do so few overtly Christian songs break through commercially? How come there aren’t any powerful musical accomplishments among Christian musicians to rival, say, the long string of major hits by the Eagles? So I’ve been asked at times. First, … Continue reading →

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Truth Is No Threat

Posted on July 30, 2009 by ehurst

Loose lips sink ships. But only if the government owning the ships has rejected God. So let me propose a counter sound-bite: “Truth is no threat to the honest.” Secrecy assumes there is no God. The Lord promised Israel if … Continue reading →

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Ethics of Resistance

Posted on July 29, 2009 by ehurst

First off, nothing in Noah’s Covenant or the rest of the Bible requires you to resist. If you want to play along and believe God wants that from you, by all means, play along. You do have to reconsider when … Continue reading →

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They Call It “Protest Art”

Posted on July 28, 2009 by ehurst

As a kid, I dabbled in graphics arts some. I used to carry a sketch pad a lot of places and did impromptu renderings of things I saw. As an adult, I managed to paint a couple of murals which … Continue reading →

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Turning Point

Posted on July 27, 2009 by ehurst

A parable of internal debate and resolve. There were scars visible on his hands and forearms. It was obvious he had tried it before, and the scars were proof of both past failures and current resolve. It was not science, … Continue reading →

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Babylon Is Fallen

Posted on July 26, 2009 by ehurst

While there is an element of theology here, making it seem more appropriate to my other blog, there is a particular call for action under Noah which does not require a spiritual grasp to get it. Babylon is the symbolic … Continue reading →

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Bogus Health Care Racket

Posted on July 25, 2009 by ehurst

Around here where I live, people have begun discovering what a racket this public health care can be. At the outer edges of the “low income health care delivery system” is a host of little clinics which sometimes actually do … Continue reading →

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Better Than Horoscope

Posted on July 24, 2009 by ehurst

It is not necessary to be spiritual to get a word from God on things. Consider: Under Moses, the designated priests could get a word from God regardless of their spiritual condition. All they needed was ritual adherence. There were, … Continue reading →

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Haiku OS Progressing

Posted on July 23, 2009 by ehurst

I’m still running Debian Etch because just about everything else so far has failed me. Most of the more recent Linux distributions are utterly unusable on this old laptop. But as the final days of Etch tick down, it seems … Continue reading →

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