Monthly Archives: February 2024

More on Game Parable

Posted on February 16, 2024 by ehurst

Yesterday’s post garnered a lot of attention, more than normal on this blog. Aside from the questions and answers in the comment section, several other questions arose and it all warrants a review together. The obvious point is that our … Continue reading →

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Game Parable

Posted on February 15, 2024 by ehurst

Here’s a parable: This world is a game, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Some characters belong to the game; covenant people are just playing it. I’ve been contemplating the alternate realities of inside versus outside the Covenant. We … Continue reading →

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They Will Fall

Posted on February 13, 2024 by ehurst

Basic biblical truth: No human political construct will last very long, at any scale. From a clan to a whole civilization, none of them can possibly last very long. Given the nature of our unstoppable decline to the final apocalypse … Continue reading →

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Parish Fellowship

Posted on February 12, 2024 by ehurst

Yesterday, our online community met via Skype video. Four showed up. It was good to see each other that way, as close to meeting face-to-face as we are likely to do for a while, yet. Some of us had to … Continue reading →

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Leaving Yourself Open to Manipulation

Posted on February 11, 2024 by ehurst

The guidance of Scripture is not that hard to fathom. The real question is whether you believe strongly enough to obey it. I’ve said it often enough: The issue is not success in the real world. The issue is making … Continue reading →

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NT Doctrine — Galatians 5

Posted on February 10, 2024 by ehurst

In the previous chapter, Paul pointed out that we should not seek to place ourselves under the guardianship of the Law. Christ died on the Cross to claim His inheritance, and that’s you and I. He ended the Law and … Continue reading →

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The Paradox of Faith

Posted on February 9, 2024 by ehurst

You would think something like this is simple. Broadly, the psychology profession regards faith as something built into the human psyche. The message that profession has gotten from Christian religion is that faith is a miracle, not a normative human … Continue reading →

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The Man of Wrath

Posted on February 8, 2024 by ehurst

Let’s not even pretend this is a word from God. I’m sharing what is actually a prayer request. This is very much a part of praying that the Lord bring down His wrath against sin. His children will prosper if … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Dead Souls

Posted on February 5, 2024 by ehurst

The globalists have one major blind spot. They assume that breaking down the large government systems in the West will allow them to replace those systems with something else, while keeping the large countries intact. And then, they expect to … Continue reading →

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Don’t Defy God

Posted on February 4, 2024 by ehurst

Following a debate online, I felt compelled to make one distinction: I am utterly sexist because the Bible fits the definition of sexist according to modern usage of the word. However, I am by no means a traditionalist within this … Continue reading →

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