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Irrelevant Church

Posted on October 27, 2013 by ehurst

This is going to sound arrogant; I can’t help that. I am very leery of people who chatter so much about leaving the churches. Most of them are trying to escape something prodding their inflamed conscience. They mutter on and … Continue reading →

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Not Gonna Happen

Posted on October 16, 2013 by ehurst

My religion will never explode into popularity. Let’s pretend for a moment that my religious teachings took off, that somehow this stuff caught on and folks began flocking to Christian Mysticism. What would it look like? I’d first have to … Continue reading →

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God’s Hesitation

Posted on September 17, 2013 by ehurst

Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. He will not quarrel or cry out, … Continue reading →

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DIY Christianity

Posted on August 30, 2013 by ehurst

If I were leading a movement, it would be an anti-denominational movement. Granted, an awful lot of folks who claim something like that are actually fighting for their denomination as the only proper one. I’m doing nothing of the sort. … Continue reading →

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My Third Pillar

Posted on July 14, 2013 by ehurst

The title is a reference to my Christian Mysticism HOWTO (now part of a book). Most Westerners really fail to get the concept of a mystic’s disentanglement. Within Western mythology we are restricted to the false dichotomy that we either … Continue reading →

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Hire That Christian Mystic

Posted on June 28, 2013 by ehurst

My biggest problem as I contemplate the project (A Course in Christian Mysticism) is how to combat the confusion of the Two Realms. Even when I manage to describe the whole concept clearly, the knee-jerk reflex of virtually every Christian … Continue reading →

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ACCM: Proposed Intro

Posted on June 22, 2013 by ehurst

For those of you following the project, A Course in Christian Mysticism, I got inspired mostly in terms of a spiritual slap upside the head. That led me to consider perhaps passing it on to those who check out the … Continue reading →

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ACCM: The Cerebral Point of Failure

Posted on June 13, 2013 by ehurst

Re: A Course in Christian Mysticism (ACCM) One of my favorite professors back at OBU in the late 1970s was Dr. Rowena Strickland. She knew the Word better than most, even among a Baptist college faculty. She learned it all … Continue reading →

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ACCM: Brainstorming

Posted on June 7, 2013 by ehurst

Re: Proposed A Course in Christian Mysticism (ACCM) Brainstorming is grabbing every idea which might be in any way related or simply driving your concerns. We pray over the mixed collection of ideas, then organize them into some recognizable pattern. … Continue reading →

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Proposal: A Course in Christian Mysticism

Posted on June 6, 2013 by ehurst

I am a true Christian Mystic. That should not be taken as a suggestion everyone else is false, but that I obviously disagree with just about everyone else promoting Christian Mysticism. If you understand anything at all about mysticism in … Continue reading →

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