Monthly Archives: April 2015

On the Road Again

Posted on April 23, 2015 by ehurst

For the past month, our car has not moved. My wife managed to get use of something else temporarily while we tried to get some help diagnosing the problem. Lots of promises that turned out to be vapor. Finally we … Continue reading →

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No Virtual Covenant

Posted on April 22, 2015 by ehurst

You know the drill: This blog is a virtual office for my ministry. I can’t do everything, so some things are excluded by necessity. I’m only human. By the same token, you need not buy into everything you see here. … Continue reading →

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Heart of the Mission

Posted on April 21, 2015 by ehurst

Heart-led living is not the mission, but the means to it. Whole civilizations rose and fell under the fundamental assumptions of heart-led living and paid little heed to our Creator. Rather, heart-led living is a basic necessity of living itself. … Continue reading →

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Linux Laptop

Posted on April 20, 2015 by ehurst

Walk the talk; live by your heart. All operating systems suck. Some are worse than others, but it really depends on how you use it. I tend to favor Debian Linux as the least painful for what I do. If … Continue reading →

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Proverbs 9

Posted on April 20, 2015 by ehurst

Passages like this are the basis for the paradoxes Jesus often used: To him who has wisdom, more shall be given. The obvious point is a matter of human nature. The fundamental quality at issue here is moral sensitivity. When … Continue reading →

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Added to Archives: Omnisexual

Posted on April 19, 2015 by ehurst

I had put this aside because the original needed extensive editing, but forgot to finish it all the other stuff I was doing. Here it is: Omnisexual [PDF]. This is where I eviscerate the political debate about gay rights. Christians … Continue reading →

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The Usual Stupid Nattering about Computers

Posted on April 19, 2015 by ehurst

There is some vague possibility some folks might find this useful… The other day I hauled out my Win7 laptop to complete formatting before submitting my book to the publisher. It had a copy of Word 2003, the last version … Continue reading →

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Plotting against Divine Sovereignty

Posted on April 19, 2015 by ehurst

There is the message, and then we have the methods and means of that message. Were our world not so hostile to heart-led living, we wouldn’t have to waste so much time and effort explaining it. Every blog post holds … Continue reading →

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Psalm 46

Posted on April 18, 2015 by ehurst

A psalm from the Korahites, Martin Luther said this was the basis for his famous “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” hymn, but there are also more recent songs from it. This and the next two seem to form a … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith Published

Posted on April 17, 2015 by ehurst

The cover art is something I grabbed from US government archives under public domain, this time using the site run by the federal highway folks. They have these nice tourist drives with pictures listed on their site. You might want … Continue reading →

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