Author Archives: ehurst

Romans 5-6 — Law versus Grace

Posted on June 11, 2018 by ehurst

I can’t promise that you’ll like my handling of this. Our difficulty is not merely that Western Christianity reads the words wrong, but that Western Christianity has a totally different set of assumptions about reality from what Paul held when … Continue reading →

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Prayer Update for Johnna

Posted on June 10, 2018 by ehurst

Refer to this previous post. Johnna is now taking physical therapy for the degenerative disc condition and will be seeing a neurosurgeon for further treatment. As for the brain issue, she has been diagnosed with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension — pressure … Continue reading →

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Variable Time

Posted on June 10, 2018 by ehurst

Spiritual truth defies precise description. The only proper language for it is indicative language: characterizing, symbolism, parable. God Himself views all of human history as spread out before Him and nothing hinders His hand from adjusting anything anywhere or anywhen. … Continue reading →

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Teachings of Jesus — Matthew 16:13-28

Posted on June 9, 2018 by ehurst

The underlying theme that ties this whole passage together is getting a proper image of Jesus inheriting the Kingdom of Heaven. It’s too easy to forget this all takes place in the context of Ancient Near Eastern (ANE) culture. A … Continue reading →

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Of Sheep and Parables

Posted on June 9, 2018 by ehurst

The language of the heart is parable and symbolism. It is impossible to clinically describe the Spirit Realm from where our minds stand now. There’s noting that requires us to use biblical symbols, but it is absolutely vital that we … Continue reading →

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Draper Bikeway Hydrology Update

Posted on June 8, 2018 by ehurst

After a whole week of hindrances, I finally got back out on my bike. Of particular note was yesterday’s massive flooding thunderstorm. Almost the entire state good a good dose of this thing and I knew it would help to … Continue reading →

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The World versus God

Posted on June 7, 2018 by ehurst

There’s really very little we can do to help this fallen world. All I can do is offer my best moral counsel to those who are members of this Kiln of the Soul parish, who embrace the Radix Fidem covenant. … Continue reading →

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Apartment Living and FedEx

Posted on June 6, 2018 by ehurst

First of all, members of the parish, the replacement tower has arrived. It’s nothing amazing, just an Optiplex 780 with moderate specs. It works; I’m using it to write this post. It was a simple matter of swapping out the … Continue reading →

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Call on Him

Posted on June 5, 2018 by ehurst

It’s downright scary to think about it. All other things being equal, were it not for America’s obsession with guns, our government would have long ago sunk this country into the depths of Hell. Our government system has bred the … Continue reading →

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Carving the Carcass of the Fall

Posted on June 4, 2018 by ehurst

Over the years in my reading of scholarly literature about Church History, I’ve noticed a major problem with the literature. The whole sweep of Church History published in English, and even a great deal of translated works from other languages, … Continue reading →

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