Category Archives: teaching

When It Doesn’t Work Out

Posted on March 15, 2016 by ehurst

How does the heart handle disappointment? The problem is our minds and limited understanding, not the heart. As we progress from a worldly viewpoint to a heart-led life, we drag with us a lot of mental baggage. It’s not all … Continue reading →

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No Plan of Salvation

Posted on March 14, 2016 by ehurst

Sorry, but we don’t offer a neatly prepackaged “Plan of Salvation” for the members of our parish to use in evangelism. We aren’t selling conversion. We are walking in divine justice and letting that speak for itself. If people ask … Continue reading →

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Rewired

Posted on March 13, 2016 by ehurst

Just a tidbit for this Sunday: When you discover the heart-mind faculty, it will physically alter your body. On the one hand, this is hardly surprising. If you can wade through all the medical jargon you will discover that the … Continue reading →

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Bears Watching

Posted on March 11, 2016 by ehurst

This is my Father’s world, so I have nothing to fear. Rather, following the counsel to be “wise as serpents and harmless as doves” (Matthew 10:16), we watch what this world does and prepare to exploit human events for His … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Healing Miracle

Posted on March 7, 2016 by ehurst

I’m an introvert. This short list covers it well enough in my case. For example, I can preach to a huge audience and get them to listen; people tell me I have energy and charisma in the pulpit. But I’m … Continue reading →

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My Head Was Filled with Crap

Posted on March 5, 2016 by ehurst

Colleges can be cheap in the sense that they often take shortcuts so that the administration can waste funding on self-aggrandizing schemes nobody else knows or cares about. One of the ways they cut corners is to put graduate students … Continue reading →

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So Speaks the Redbud

Posted on March 4, 2016 by ehurst

Sometimes I struggle with the words. When I climbed up the embankment at the crash site yesterday where Midwest Boulevard passes under Turner Turnpike, what passed between me and that redbud tree with magenta buds peeking out on its branches … Continue reading →

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Perfect Tense

Posted on March 3, 2016 by ehurst

The ultimate power on this earth is the power to remain focused on the moral demands of the Spirit Realm. It’s not even a question of the ability to act on such a focus, but merely to keep that focus … Continue reading →

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Not the Same Anymore

Posted on February 29, 2016 by ehurst

I was a big fan. Bryan Duncan nailed it once during a phone interview. He told the radio DJ that he hoped he wasn’t the same man he was two weeks ago because he felt he had a long way … Continue reading →

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The Heart of Outreach

Posted on February 28, 2016 by ehurst

As we use it here, the phrase “heart-led existence” is the same as walking by the spirit or walking by faith. Our problem is that those New Testament phrases come with a lot of baggage in the minds of readers, … Continue reading →

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