Category Archives: eldercraft

We Puzzle

Posted on June 23, 2016 by ehurst

Living heart-led doesn’t make you stupid, but a lot of folks might thinks so. People see that massive scar on my knee and the vestigial swelling and ask questions. Most of the time it ends up with silly questions about … Continue reading →

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Psychology of Conviction

Posted on June 15, 2016 by ehurst

Most people recognize that one of the definitions of the word “conviction” refers to a solid assurance of something that withstands reasoned arguments. There are people who reject or simply don’t understand how it works, and they allege some kind … Continue reading →

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Head and Heart

Posted on June 14, 2016 by ehurst

I have no doubt that some US government agency is behind the slaughter in Orlando. I’ve worked in US government service; I’ve seen how it works. The hive-mind of the bureaucracy is dehumanizing, inhuman and inhumane. I know for a … Continue reading →

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Don’t Surrender Your Kids

Posted on June 7, 2016 by ehurst

It’s all finger-pointing and blame-shifting. The teachers complain that parents don’t know how to raise well-behaved children. Parents say the teachers spend more time with their kids than they do at home, which makes the teachers the dominant influence in … Continue reading →

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Another Lie of Satan

Posted on June 6, 2016 by ehurst

I’m very fond of Edin-Adahl. I have several of their songs on my FTP server. Not only was their music writing and arrangements very innovative, but Frank Adahl’s voice is a singularity, with a range and skill hard to match. … Continue reading →

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Steal It

Posted on June 5, 2016 by ehurst

When does this thing take off? When you start running with it and spread your wings. It’s the nature of a blog that most of those who read it are only seeking some measure of entertainment. Maybe it stirs some … Continue reading →

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Relational Heart

Posted on June 4, 2016 by ehurst

It’s not that the heart does not comprehend data, but that the heart operates on a far higher level. The realm of moral imperative is not objective or impersonal, but intensely personal. The structure of heart “thinking” is relational. The … Continue reading →

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It’s Always the Product

Posted on May 31, 2016 by ehurst

Reading through the stories on Christian news sites is really depressing. Back when I went to teacher’s college in the 1990s, there was this trendy nonsense: “It’s process, not product.” When some of the professors started saying that about our … Continue reading →

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Duty to Deceive

Posted on May 30, 2016 by ehurst

First, a little context: faith = convictions = heart-mind moral discernment. We’ve had two millennia of people abusing the word “faith” to mean an intellectual body of belief plus the actions arising from such belief. It goes back to that … Continue reading →

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Reviewing Paul’s Letters

Posted on May 27, 2016 by ehurst

I’m currently working back through my book on Paul’s Letters, updating and clarifying some things. A couple of items stick out. Sovereignty — It’s not Calvinism. Calvin was hardly the first to notice that God is sovereign; Luther wrote a … Continue reading →

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