Author Archives: ehurst

We Got Issues

Posted on July 9, 2013 by ehurst

Issues-based politics, and its whore, issues-based religion, manifest one of the greatest sins of Western Civilization. The Bible takes an organic approach. Issues are already settled because they don’t arise except as anomalies. Folks, the fundamental nature of government is … Continue reading →

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ACBM: Forms of Logic

Posted on July 8, 2013 by ehurst

This is an exercise in drafting an explanation for the project. People who have taken courses in philosophy are familiar with at least the Aristotelian expressions of logic and so forth. They may be familiar with latter Western attempts to … Continue reading →

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Relationship in Line with God

Posted on July 7, 2013 by ehurst

The title comes up in several searches that show up as hits on this blog. Quite a few hits, at that. A few even include my name, which is frankly surprising. So in order to offer my best without writing … Continue reading →

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Old Testament and Afterlife

Posted on July 7, 2013 by ehurst

There are a vast number of differing viewpoints; mine is just one more. Please note, a huge portion of scholarship is hostile. That is, the scholar goes into the question assuming the worst and isn’t surprised to find evidence supporting … Continue reading →

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Ecclesiastes 9

Posted on July 6, 2013 by ehurst

Most translations get this first verse wrong because the translators come at it with Western assumptions. Thus, you’ll find a lot of “implied” verbiage added that misses the point: The most important possession any man could ever have on this … Continue reading →

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The Prophet’s Plan of Action

Posted on July 6, 2013 by ehurst

I get hounded a lot by people on the periphery of my online acquaintance. They aren’t into my prophetic ministry and many simply have no idea; in some cases they plainly ignore it. Instead, they persist in assuming I simply … Continue reading →

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Financial Cataclysm

Posted on July 5, 2013 by ehurst

The US government as we now experience it daily will soon end. I can’t predict how much of a change is coming, but there is a sense in which it will collapse and be replaced. This will happen even if … Continue reading →

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ACBM: Outline 2

Posted on July 4, 2013 by ehurst

Part 2 of the current proposed outline for the course: ************ Part 2: Defining Biblical The ANE use of language to indicate, not discrete objects and ideas, but moral importance — parabolic and symbolic, indicative. 1. Ancient Near East We … Continue reading →

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ACBM: Outline 1

Posted on July 3, 2013 by ehurst

Proposed outline with key items so far: ************ Part 1: Defining the West 1. Greece, Rome and Germanic Tribes The use of Western languages as a means of transmitting mythology — nominative, descriptive and discrete. 2. Greek Philosophers Socrates we … Continue reading →

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ACBM: A Critical Element in Analysis

Posted on July 2, 2013 by ehurst

It’s not enough to simply translate some ancient tongue into a modern written language; you still have to deal with how language itself was used. During those years I spent reading both the ANE and Western classics of literature, I … Continue reading →

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