Author Archives: ehurst

Verbal Restraints

Posted on March 13, 2016 by ehurst

I want you to be free, including free to dispute what I say. Having you follow your own heart-mind leading will, in the long run, make my world a better place and improve my opportunities to glorify Christ. So the … Continue reading →

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Psalm 92

Posted on March 12, 2016 by ehurst

This is the quintessential psalm of praise. For a day of Sabbath rest, what could bring more peace to the soul than a proper celebration? So we begin with a declaration of how pleasant it is to lose yourself in … Continue reading →

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Wise as Serpents

Posted on March 12, 2016 by ehurst

There’s nothing sinful about having a good solid mental grasp of reality. This is how the rest of the world believes things work, and we need to be aware of where their heads are if we expect to help them … Continue reading →

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Bears Watching

Posted on March 11, 2016 by ehurst

This is my Father’s world, so I have nothing to fear. Rather, following the counsel to be “wise as serpents and harmless as doves” (Matthew 10:16), we watch what this world does and prepare to exploit human events for His … Continue reading →

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Published: Proverbs Bible Study

Posted on March 11, 2016 by ehurst

Published! The be exact, the official title is Ancient Truth: Proverbs. You can find the webpage page version here (site is gone as of 2020) and the ebook at Smashwords here.

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Cycling: A Short Katy Loop

Posted on March 10, 2016 by ehurst

Not really much of an adventure today, just out on NE 4th to the Katy Trail, then up to NE 50th. I realized that I hadn’t seen that stretch of road in some thirty or forty years. So when I … Continue reading →

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Proverbs 31

Posted on March 10, 2016 by ehurst

We don’t know who Lemuel was nor should we let the question distract us. About the only useful scholarship we have on the source of this chapter tells us that it seems Aramaic in grammar and character of expression. Up … Continue reading →

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Advocacy of Glory

Posted on March 10, 2016 by ehurst

From time to time I still get various communications that presume to encourage support or advocacy for various efforts to protect or recover “our rights.” I’ve warned often that neither the language nor ideas based on “rights” are from Scripture. … Continue reading →

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Cause and Symptom in Moral Healing

Posted on March 9, 2016 by ehurst

It seems pointless to talk about it merely as a matter of counseling psychology. You can get psychologists to echo the sentiment, but they seem to have no power to use the moral truth. As a virtual pastor, the issue … Continue reading →

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Short Story Rewrite

Posted on March 9, 2016 by ehurst

I’ve rewritten a short story from some years ago. The story stood the test of time but seemed to benefit from a modified setting. You can read it here: A Redemption Story.

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