Tag Archives: Biblical Law

Can I Interest You in a Metaphorical Shovel?

Posted on December 13, 2018 by ehurst

You can’t call it an ambition, but I strive to one end in this life: I want to be translated into Heaven like Enoch and Elijah. Getting there requires using everything God has granted us in this world to be … Continue reading →

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Can We Keep It?

Posted on December 12, 2018 by ehurst

We emphasize the continuity between the Old and New Testaments. This is exactly backwards from what the Reformation did. Reformed theology is the basis for Dispensationalism, that heretical belief that the only proper understanding of God’s hand in human history … Continue reading →

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The Apostles Were Not Perfect

Posted on December 9, 2018 by ehurst

There are three primary reasons why this Covenant of Radix Fidem cannot rest on my work alone. 1. The distance we must travel is too great for a single generation. It’s hard to fathom just how very far we are … Continue reading →

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Church Is Not an Open Square

Posted on December 8, 2018 by ehurst

The church was meant to be a private family gathering. It was modeled on the synagogue; the public could attend, but the proceedings were aimed at the family members. The focus was to improve family life and strengthen the covenant. … Continue reading →

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We Are Pioneers

Posted on December 5, 2018 by ehurst

Let’s be clear: In the Bible, Law is Law. The proper approach to Law is the Hebrew mystical traditions of seeing through the particulars as limited expressions of something deeper and more substantive. The whole idea is to inspire awe … Continue reading →

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Heart-led Analysis of Living

Posted on December 3, 2018 by ehurst

It should seem obvious that, in order to read the Old Testament, one must read back into it the unstated assumptions the writers considered obvious. So we study the history of the Ancient Near East and do our best to … Continue reading →

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The Same God as Always

Posted on November 29, 2018 by ehurst

Our Creator has not changed since Creation began. There is a pernicious heresy, a conscious teaching in some cases, but a passive subconscious assumption by most mainstream Christians that the Old Testament writers didn’t really know God. Or perhaps they … Continue reading →

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Just Ranting about Stuff

Posted on November 21, 2018 by ehurst

I challenge you to search it out for yourself. Almost every mention in the Bible of justice and doing right boils down to protecting the members of society who are defenseless. It’s typically symbolized by the image of protecting orphans … Continue reading →

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For Everything a Season

Posted on November 18, 2018 by ehurst

An issue in the mind of Simon the Pharisee in Luke 7 was that of defilement. For him, keeping oneself ceremonially clean was equivalent to holiness, and the key to God’s favor. Since he was scrupulous to maintain that ritual … Continue reading →

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Biblical Law Is Organic

Posted on November 17, 2018 by ehurst

It’s alive; it is the Person of Jesus Christ. Westerners struggle with any use of “law” in the context of the Bible. Automatically the Western mind imposes the image of law as objective truth, when there simply is no such … Continue reading →

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