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Heart of Faith: Chapter 8

Posted on April 12, 2015 by ehurst

Chapter 8 — More on Legalism It seems odd that mainstream Christianity is so quick to nitpick over some passages of Scripture — what Christ called “sifting out gnats” from flour — and swallowing the camel on other passages (Matthew … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 7

Posted on April 11, 2015 by ehurst

Christine has asked me to share her story second hand. She’s a marvelous writer but the timing of this book caught her tied up with a lot of her own moral responsibilities. What makes her story important for us is … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 6

Posted on April 10, 2015 by ehurst

(This originally appeared on Linda’s blog and is posted here because it will be included in the book.) Chapter 6 — Linda’s Story This is just an introduction of the first page in the first chapter of a story that … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 5

Posted on April 9, 2015 by ehurst

(This is from my wife.) I never thought much about the relationship I have with nature; it just seemed natural. I was all ways able to talk to dogs and sometimes other animals. It just seemed as I grew up … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 4

Posted on April 8, 2015 by ehurst

Chapter 4 — How Will I Know? Our biggest problem is that we have nearly two thousand years of Christian history ignoring this critical aspect of human nature. More, the secular society at large is hostile to the whole concept … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 3

Posted on April 7, 2015 by ehurst

Chapter 3 — Rebuilding Redemption The science is clear enough as far as it goes. Because of the Western bias against a higher faculty in the human soul, a common assumption is that anything not rational is something less. Often … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 2

Posted on April 6, 2015 by ehurst

Chapter 2 — Sensory Heart Science Look up the term “bioelectromagnetics” — as a branch of science, it’s been around awhile. While the bulk of research is aimed at exploring how electromagnetic fields affect biology, some scientists have discovered that … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 1

Posted on April 5, 2015 by ehurst

Hebrew Outlook On the one hand, we need very much to correct the Western assumptions. Even very scholarly Christians tend to operate from perverted Western notions without giving it much thought. We can call them “perverted” because they are entirely … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Intro

Posted on April 4, 2015 by ehurst

It’s a tragedy of Western culture that relegates the heart to a mere metaphor of human emotion. Ours is the only culture that does that; every other civilization seems to have understood that the heart is quite literally the seat … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Front Matter

Posted on April 3, 2015 by ehurst

Serializing the draft of my next book under the working title “Heart of Faith.” Smashwords requires an advertising blurb for each book. They want a long and short version. Short: Your heart is not simply a metaphor of feelings, but … Continue reading →

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