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BLDJ: Chapter 6

Posted on March 19, 2015 by ehurst

(Serializing here the draft of my book, Biblical Law: Divine Justice.) 6. Far Away Let’s have just a moment of historical review here. So far as anybody can tell, among the current populations of Europe, the oldest occupants were Celts, … Continue reading →

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BLDJ: Chapter 5

Posted on March 18, 2015 by ehurst

(Serializing here the draft of my book, Biblical Law: Divine Justice.) 5. Property Unlike Western feudalism, where land was the primary object of ownership and the serfs simply belonged to the land same as animals, ANE feudalism is very personal … Continue reading →

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BLDJ: Chapter 4

Posted on March 17, 2015 by ehurst

In essence, the Law of Noah is hard-wired into human nature. That is, the Law of Noah reflects what God revealed as the best way to live after the Fall. It would prevent the necessity of another global destruction of … Continue reading →

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Proverbs 1

Posted on March 15, 2015 by ehurst

(Yeah, I’m a busy boy working on two books at once.) The first verse served as the ancient title of the entire book. The next five verses explain the reason for the book. It appears this would serve as a … Continue reading →

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BLDJ: Chapter 2

Posted on March 15, 2015 by ehurst

(Serializing here the draft of my book, Biblical Law: Divine Justice.) 2. Justice as Proposal You can blow it off as a figure of speech, but the Bible takes this business of the sensory heart very seriously. It is impossible … Continue reading →

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Transience

Posted on March 9, 2015 by ehurst

A measure of uncertainty is our certitude. Recall that fundamental to the Fall was human presumption on divine prerogative. Creation remains in a variable state; it is in one sense nothing more than the contextual extension of God’s imagination. It … Continue reading →

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Ineffable, Inexplicable, Incomprehensible

Posted on January 16, 2015 by ehurst

Ineffable does not mean inexplicable. Have you ever seen a cloud chamber? You create a sealed environment using a hardened glass cylinder and load the air inside with water or alcohol vapor to the point of super-saturation. It gets cloudy … 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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Sexual Identity and the Big Picture

Posted on December 17, 2014 by ehurst

The Curse in Genesis 3 is universal, covering the entire expanse of human concerns because it binds the whole universe. If nothing else, we know that time-space limitations affect only the fallen plane of existence. We were not designed for … Continue reading →

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Empathy’s Sweet Power

Posted on December 15, 2014 by ehurst

Having a masculine tenderness and empathy won’t keep you from lopping off a few heads, but it will teach you to approach the dirty task with greater moral justice. Popular images of Ancient Near Eastern (ANE) justice are rife with … Continue reading →

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