Author Archives: ehurst

Taste and Art

I know what I like. You can lock me in a chair where I have to listen to your favorite music, but even after days and weeks of this torture, I’m not likely to appreciate your taste in music. Humans … Continue reading

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Germanic Mythology and Game

This is hardly a scholarly treatise, more of a characterization based on broad observations of how things work. It’s short so you can extrapolate with your own intelligence. Post-Modern Western society is largely founded on Greco-Roman intellectual assumptions mixed with … Continue reading

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The Logic of Rejecting Mainstream Churches

For all my religious blather, I don’t attend any regular church. We host worship in our home. I don’t like the isolation, but I don’t see any realistic alternative. Besides, the churches won’t let me stay around very long, once … Continue reading

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Progressive Folly

One of the biggest mistakes we make is underestimating human adaptability. A much bigger mistake is assuming you can steer that adaptation on a large scale. It never ceases to amaze me how Progressives get this backward. They have no … Continue reading

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Sick Day

She apologized. “I’m sorry; we’re bothering you.” My reply almost made her laugh. “Don’t worry about it. Right now being alive bothers me.” We thought it would be a safe choice, but Mazzio’s gluten-free pizza never digested yesterday. I wasn’t … Continue reading

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Handling Self-Doubt

This would be a HOWTO, except I’m not sure how much applies to other folks. This is simply how I handle it. It’s possible I’m completely delusional about God. That is, I can’t prove to even my own satisfaction what … Continue reading

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Ready and Not

Being a Christian Mystic is hardly a matter of absolute truth, nor simply saying, “I have encountered God, and I am forever changed.” Those are true, but miss the point. What matters here is I am in contact with God … Continue reading

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Passages 4

I had almost swallowed the bite in my mouth when his hand swept in a broad arc across the table. The backside of that hand struck me in the face, knocking me backward in the chair, into the floor, the … Continue reading

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Habakkuk: Introduction and Chapter 1

Introduction We know almost nothing of the prophet Habakkuk. From the text itself and from historical context, we can deduce he probably served as a Levite musician, writing his prophecy at the end of Josiah’s reign, or shortly thereafter. He … Continue reading

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Positive Demands of the Laws of God

The Laws of God stand on His authority as Creator. If you can reject His authority, the Laws will mean nothing to you, so you don’t care. Whom I address are those who claim to care, who believe it matters. … Continue reading

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