Category Archives: religion

Boundary or Not

Posted on August 30, 2017 by ehurst

To many Christians, I sound like a conspiracy theorist when I mention the Hellenizing of Hebrew religion into Judaism. It’s particularly odd when any decent Bible college teaches the widely known history of Post-Exile Jerusalem. They talk about the conquests … Continue reading →

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Unraveling Some Threads of Folly

Posted on August 29, 2017 by ehurst

There’s a long-running cult in Anglo-American history, much bigger than any single group. There is a core of belief that the Anglo-Saxons, among other Germanic tribes, are God’s Chosen. How that moved from Israel to Anglo-Saxons varies among these groups. … Continue reading →

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The End of Religious Schlock

Posted on August 28, 2017 by ehurst

The cards are not in your favor, Christian bookstores; read `em and weep. I’m just enough iconoclast to appreciate the death of so-called Christian book stores. In the middle ages it was alleged relics of the New Testament figures and … Continue reading →

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More on Meta-religion

Posted on June 10, 2017 by ehurst

What holds us together? We have no ideal. At least, we have nothing that most humans would recognize as an ideal, because our aim is otherworldly. Our union is communion on another plane. What holds us together is not in … Continue reading →

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Closer to Iran than Bellicose America

Posted on April 26, 2017 by ehurst

In logic, we call it a “category error” when someone tries for to force something into the wrong category of logic. It’s one thing to cling tenaciously to Aristotelian denials of other realms of existence; it’s another thing to try … Continue reading →

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Our Great Commission

Posted on March 26, 2017 by ehurst

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the … Continue reading →

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Dreams of Failure

Posted on December 12, 2016 by ehurst

What follows was yesterday’s message, but I just couldn’t quite get there until this morning. This is one of those times when I cite my personal example, not as proof of some principle, but to indicate something you might explore … Continue reading →

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We Won’t Play

Posted on August 23, 2016 by ehurst

Start the game without us. This is just a fresh restatement of where this parish stands. We aren’t looking to change the course of history. Our Savior made it clear that human political action accomplishes nothing useful for His Kingdom. … Continue reading →

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RIP: Jess Hurst

Posted on June 26, 2016 by ehurst

My younger brother, Jessie T. Hurst passed today around 6:30 PM, at age 46. We were close in the sense of siblings. He shared none of my interest in religion, but was grateful that I would always visit him when … Continue reading →

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Worldly Benevolence

Posted on June 21, 2016 by ehurst

We’ve come to expect it from government aid agencies, but why would a church treat the needy with the same bureaucratic abuse as the they get from the rest of the world? It takes a special kind of moral resignation … Continue reading →

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