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Heart of Faith: Chapter 11

Posted on April 15, 2015 by ehurst

Chapter 11 — Testing, Testing I propose a test. Teaching the mind to follow the leadership of the heart takes time, for those who have never tried it. The full flower is when a firmly held intellectual belief is trumped … Continue reading →

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Psalm 44

Posted on April 4, 2015 by ehurst

Western scholars seem to be unsure whether the Sons of Korah wrote this or if it was simply dedicated to them. English translations vary on whether it is “by” or “for” them. Even more disturbing is the insinuation by Western … 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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StT: Take Two, They’re Small

Posted on January 28, 2015 by ehurst

(Today’s sample is a couple of short items from Gospel Red Herring: Spiritualizing the Text.) Hebrews 7:1-2 If you read this and the following passage literally, you cannot possibly comprehend where the author is going with this concept. While he … Continue reading →

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Paint Your Own Picture

Posted on January 10, 2015 by ehurst

Don’t ape the particulars; strive for the essence. You and I cannot be genuinely Hebraic, nor should we desire it. The context of that era is long gone in human experience. The people who bore it naturally threw it away … Continue reading →

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Torturing Scripture

Posted on January 1, 2015 by ehurst

“But what if some terrorist had your little daughter chained to a bomb…?” “Yes, what if. What if you decided to trust God for things you can’t and shouldn’t control instead of trying to control things for which you refuse … Continue reading →

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Psalm 24

Posted on November 16, 2014 by ehurst

Commentators have long noted a fortuitous grouping of this and the previous two songs. In their minds, the trio prophesies the ministry of Christ. While the 22nd is obviously prophetic of the crucifixion, the 23rd is more or less the … Continue reading →

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Psalm 23

Posted on November 8, 2014 by ehurst

Easily one of the most memorized and thoroughly analyzed passages of Scripture, the Shepherd Psalm is still often misunderstood. It is seldom seen as a simple Hebrew parable. Here is King David near the peak of his dominion, when most … Continue reading →

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Psalm 15

Posted on September 13, 2014 by ehurst

Between the ineffable spiritual truth and mere legalistic literalism is a place of moral commitment in the soul touched by eternity. In the Hebrew mind, spiritual birth was not necessary for obedience when the entire cultural slant assumes feudal obligations … Continue reading →

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Psalm 13

Posted on August 30, 2014 by ehurst

It’s not a question of whether the Psalmist is close to literal death, but that he faces an experience of death on a broader level. David could live without his crown, but was altogether worried that his situation signaled he … Continue reading →

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