Monthly Archives: August 2019

Teachings of Jesus — John 14:12-17

Posted on August 10, 2019 by ehurst

In the Ancient Near East, every great ruler operated on the basis of a covenant. It was typical for such a ruler to pass this covenant to his heir, with a period of co-regency for the sake of smooth transition. … Continue reading →

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His Glory Is Our Command

Posted on August 9, 2019 by ehurst

I want to support Jack’s post about marriage as a means to God’s glory. You can be sure most of the world will reject his message. There is this totally bogus mythology about how godly men can sacrifice their divine … Continue reading →

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Resting on the Lord Alone

Posted on August 8, 2019 by ehurst

The average America isn’t really much a thinker. They aren’t aware of their own legacy of intellectual pursuits. Classical education is mostly dead in the West. Among those who do tend to give some consideration to thinking logically, the vast … Continue reading →

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The Parable of Parables

Posted on August 7, 2019 by ehurst

The Parable of the Sower (Luke 8:4-18) can also be called the Parable on Parables. A parable is quintessential Hebrew communication. We can talk about the mundane facts of our human existence all day long, and Hebrew can do that. … Continue reading →

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Otherworldliness

Posted on August 6, 2019 by ehurst

Ref: Jesus Stills the Storm (Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25) The most common boat on Galilee was designed for a crew of two or three, and when loaded with a good catch, sat pretty low in the water. With … Continue reading →

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The Tribe of Heaven

Posted on August 5, 2019 by ehurst

An essential element in Satan’s mandate from God is to build sustainable deceptions. Once again: The mainstream Western view of Satan is all wrong. There are certain details it gets right, but the underlying assumptions are false. We can blame … Continue reading →

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Teachings of Jesus — John 14:1-11

Posted on August 3, 2019 by ehurst

Jesus begins a series of heart lessons. As previously noted in this series, He is saying things He knows their hearts will recognize and will absorb, and store in their souls for use later. The only drama here is the … Continue reading →

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Process, Not Product

Posted on August 3, 2019 by ehurst

The professor told us it was all about process, not product. It was the popular buzzword terminology of that time when I was in teachers’ college in the mid-1990s. This was just a globalist attempt to first rip away the … Continue reading →

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Ride Shots for Early August 2019

Posted on August 2, 2019 by ehurst

Over the past couple of weeks I have been riding pretty hard, and while it had it’s fun parts, it also kept me from stopping to take many pictures. Today I caught up on the shooting. This first one is … Continue reading →

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Sweet Taste of Hope

Posted on August 1, 2019 by ehurst

Put on your quantum thinking cap. Okay, let’s remind ourselves that quantum reasoning, as we use the term here, refers to reducing things to their smallest component, or lowest root level, and making sure it lines up with the most … Continue reading →

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