Monthly Archives: December 2018

Odds and Ends 04

Posted on December 17, 2018 by ehurst

I have a theory about cravings. You know that body fat is deposited in layers, built up based on whatever was happening in our bodies at the time that wasn’t balanced out. Some of the garbage in our systems at … Continue reading →

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Demonic Mythology of the Mind

Posted on December 16, 2018 by ehurst

One of the biggest flaws in Western Christian thinking is to externalize and project moral conflict outside of self. The idea that all moral conflict is outside of oneself permits the deeply false model of internal problems as “illness.” The … Continue reading →

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Teachings of Jesus — Luke 12:54-59

Posted on December 15, 2018 by ehurst

This continues the previous lesson from last week. Jesus pointed out that His coming as Messiah would polarize those under the Old Covenant and separate out those who would belong to the New Covenant. His Covenant would restore what all … Continue reading →

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Installing OpenSUSE Leap 15.0 — Gotchas

Posted on December 15, 2018 by ehurst

If you are looking for an installation walkthrough, it’s easy to find the official documentation. There’s not much reason to change the defaults unless you already know more than I can tell you about it. The goal here is to … Continue reading →

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Catching Loose Ends

Posted on December 14, 2018 by ehurst

I’m not going to say they are all related, but a bunch of changes have presented themselves to me lately, things that demanded decisions. Somehow I sense the biggest is yet to come, so I’m trying to take care of … Continue reading →

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Can I Interest You in a Metaphorical Shovel?

Posted on December 13, 2018 by ehurst

You can’t call it an ambition, but I strive to one end in this life: I want to be translated into Heaven like Enoch and Elijah. Getting there requires using everything God has granted us in this world to be … Continue reading →

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God Searches Hearts

Posted on December 12, 2018 by ehurst

God called me as a prophet to America. Sometimes I feel like the Prophet Jonah, but with none of the advantages he had in Nineveh. He got them to listen, but my country is yielding so far only a tiny … Continue reading →

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Can We Keep It?

Posted on December 12, 2018 by ehurst

We emphasize the continuity between the Old and New Testaments. This is exactly backwards from what the Reformation did. Reformed theology is the basis for Dispensationalism, that heretical belief that the only proper understanding of God’s hand in human history … Continue reading →

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Only If You Tell Me

Posted on December 11, 2018 by ehurst

A critical element in pastoral counseling is helping people accept who they are and what they are made of, and to stop trying to change things that don’t need changing. It’s an art, a moral art form that yields precious … Continue reading →

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Team, Family, Church

Posted on December 10, 2018 by ehurst

I was right, but for all the wrong reasons. My first job out of teachers’ college was at a private school as a long-term substitute. I finished out the year for a Social Studies teacher who had walked off the … Continue reading →

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