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Rejoice: Prayers Answered

Posted on February 10, 2016 by ehurst

New neighbors next door are Christian people; a different flavor but decent folks. I prayed for their welcome and welfare. A couple weeks later their car got creamed in an intersection — just an inch behind the driver’s door. The … Continue reading →

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OT History Is Up

Posted on February 9, 2016 by ehurst

Okay, I finally finished reformatting my Old Testament History book into a collection of just a few links. Some of the files are really long pages, but they should load pretty fast and you are encouraged to keep your own … Continue reading →

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A Glimpse Under the Cover

Posted on February 9, 2016 by ehurst

Consistent with the previous post, I’m going to offer some narrative about my internal process so that you’ll understand how it works. For the time being, I’ll be using the fancy router as my home server. Right now that’s mostly … Continue reading →

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You, Too

Posted on February 9, 2016 by ehurst

God portrays Himself amongst us as an Eastern potentate, a sort of nomad sheikh. With that image is a certain kind of baggage about the nature of things. It portrays how He deals with us and how we should deal … Continue reading →

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Lotsa Work

Posted on February 8, 2016 by ehurst

Some things on my computer were not working right; I decided to test some alternatives. None of them worked, of course. But instead of running Debian 64-bit, I decided to test the idea of running 32-bit. Seems to work okay, … Continue reading →

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Added FTP Stuff

Posted on February 7, 2016 by ehurst

You watch the Superbowl. I have better things to do. I’ve added my “stuff” to the FTP server. That includes the bulk of books except the Bible study series (I’m fixing something first), plus all the articles to which I … Continue reading →

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Satan and the Fall

Posted on February 7, 2016 by ehurst

We see “the Serpent” in Genesis 3, and it’s just a poetic term for Satan. The Hebrew word for “snake” is nakawsh (naw-kawsh) — doesn’t that sound like a snake? Say it drawing out the last syllable for dramatic emphasis. … Continue reading →

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Psalm 87

Posted on February 6, 2016 by ehurst

This is a terse prophetic song. The Hebrew is difficult to grasp if you read it literally, and you would be in good company. Toward the end before Babylon laid siege to the city, a great many shallow minds and … Continue reading →

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Within Reach

Posted on February 6, 2016 by ehurst

Spammers never learn. Every day in my blog comments here I get at least one spam comment for some facial serum sold on Amazon, sometimes two or three times. I also get at least once each week something telling me … Continue reading →

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Cycling: Antenna Farm

Posted on February 5, 2016 by ehurst

The Antenna Farm in OKC was once out in the boonies. Now it’s surrounded by multi-million dollar real estate. In a four-square-mile area there are over a dozen towers. This image (right) is just a few from one angle. With … Continue reading →

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