Monthly Archives: May 2016

Suffering Is Your Ally

Posted on May 31, 2016 by ehurst

From my study notes on 2 Corinthians 1: It seems unfortunate we translate the Greek word (paraklesis) simply as "comfort" in English, because the typical associations with that word miss the point. The Greek word is both the invocation of … Continue reading →

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It’s Always the Product

Posted on May 31, 2016 by ehurst

Reading through the stories on Christian news sites is really depressing. Back when I went to teacher’s college in the 1990s, there was this trendy nonsense: “It’s process, not product.” When some of the professors started saying that about our … Continue reading →

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Duty to Deceive

Posted on May 30, 2016 by ehurst

First, a little context: faith = convictions = heart-mind moral discernment. We’ve had two millennia of people abusing the word “faith” to mean an intellectual body of belief plus the actions arising from such belief. It goes back to that … Continue reading →

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Factions and Sects

Posted on May 29, 2016 by ehurst

After the initial opening in 1 Corinthians 1, Paul immediately jumps into condemning sectarian divisions in verse 10 and following. It’s not hard to understand. The Corinthians detected intellectual variations in how the different apostles taught and preached. And why … Continue reading →

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Write It

Posted on May 29, 2016 by ehurst

Take a look at the “Radix Fidem” tab above (CTRL+click to open in a separate browser tab). We have a list of items using labels I chose. They signify what I consider the minimum concepts that set us apart from … Continue reading →

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Psalm 102

Posted on May 28, 2016 by ehurst

This is a siege prayer. Whether the occasion is a literal siege matters not; there are many contexts that feel just the same — there is no where to turn for escape from the sorrow, and nothing to occupy the … Continue reading →

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Booklet: Draft Intro

Posted on May 28, 2016 by ehurst

Let’s get this started. I need your feedback as to whether you consider this an appropriate introduction to Radix Fidem. ———- Introduction Radix Fidem (Latin for “root of faith”) is the name for our shared attempt to reclaim the full … Continue reading →

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About That Booklet

Posted on May 27, 2016 by ehurst

Some of you have emailed me privately about the proposed booklet on Radix Fidem. I was hoping to use encouraging words, but I think some of you are resisting conviction on this, so I’ll be blunt: God will not let … Continue reading →

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Reviewing Paul’s Letters

Posted on May 27, 2016 by ehurst

I’m currently working back through my book on Paul’s Letters, updating and clarifying some things. A couple of items stick out. Sovereignty — It’s not Calvinism. Calvin was hardly the first to notice that God is sovereign; Luther wrote a … Continue reading →

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Can’t Fix Everything

Posted on May 26, 2016 by ehurst

Some things you can fix. Some parts of my battered Volvo seem like they’ll work until Christ comes back. Other stuff was so poorly engineered that you start having fantasies about pummeling the designers with your bare hands. But the … Continue reading →

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