Category Archives: teaching

Stages, Levels, and Code

Posted on April 7, 2024 by ehurst

With some questions, I need to wait a while before I can address them. The last thing I want to do is establish something as doctrine when it’s just my personal opinion. When we talk about something connected with the … Continue reading →

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Not Merciful and Kind

Posted on April 1, 2024 by ehurst

In response to a private conversation, I feel the need to reiterate a fundamental truth from Scripture: Your fleshly nature is not the real you. If you are among God’s Elect, then your fleshly nature is something you are compelled … Continue reading →

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Don’t Argue with God

Posted on March 26, 2024 by ehurst

I’ve seen countless efforts to identify where in the matrix of our human behavior we become culpable before God. All of it assumes an existing objective standard of right and wrong separate from God’s Person. Thus, should God blame someone … Continue reading →

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A Place in Glory

Posted on March 24, 2024 by ehurst

Catacomb Resident Blog has been talking a lot lately about the necessity of a cultural shift in our minds to the biblical standard of collectivism and honor/shame based thinking: Collectivism 1, 2 and 3; honor/shame culture 1, 2 and 3. … Continue reading →

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Miracle Growth

Posted on March 18, 2024 by ehurst

I’m often amazed at how people often operate on false assumptions about the gospel message. The Kingdom of Heaven is a kingdom of (a) the Elect who (b) aspire to live by the Covenant of Christ. Election was completed before … Continue reading →

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Empathy or Not?

Posted on March 14, 2024 by ehurst

I would never pretend to declare what is normative for Christianity itself as the manifestation of Jesus’ teachings. I’m simply stating my own convictions in reaction to this particular brand of Christian religion, regardless who reads or agrees with me. … Continue reading →

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Christ Disowns It

Posted on March 12, 2024 by ehurst

I feel led to reopen a can of worms that has been unsealed for quite some time. This cannot be sufficiently addressed in a single post, simply because my answers are woven into my writing over many years. I’m hardly … Continue reading →

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Your Prince in Heaven

Posted on March 11, 2024 by ehurst

Someone asked me: “What happened to Michael?” You may recall that Daniel, in one of his visions, spoke with an angel who mentioned Michael as “the prince of your people”. Thus, Michael was not an “archangel” but a member of … Continue reading →

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Meeting the Demand

Posted on March 6, 2024 by ehurst

Many years ago, when the manosphere was a hot topic, I wrote several different times about how the best way to get the attention of lovey ladies was to not give them yours. At my age this is no longer … Continue reading →

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Not Good, Just Useful

Posted on March 3, 2024 by ehurst

Do you really understand what “tithe” in the Bible really means? It is restricted to food items, agricultural products. You cannot tithe any other kind of thing. Food is the only thing you can offer to God that He alone … Continue reading →

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