Tag Archives: church politics

Option Not Available

Posted on January 14, 2019 by ehurst

In a virtual parish like ours, most of you don’t notice it, but we have plenty of folks hanging around who really don’t belong. If this were an actual church meeting together in some facility in meat space, you would … Continue reading →

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Dreams That Don’t Rest

Posted on January 9, 2019 by ehurst

I slept somewhat poorly. The same dream haunted me the whole night through, something quite rare. It had to do with a very large church in our area. Keep in mind that, of the people I encountered in my dream, … Continue reading →

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Faking It

Posted on July 16, 2018 by ehurst

I’m not essential to Radix Fidem; I’m just the guy who kicked the door open so everyone else could find out what’s been hidden from them for ages. Over and over again, folks, you are the apostles and missionaries and … Continue reading →

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Dispensationalism: No Rest for the Weary

Posted on March 28, 2018 by ehurst

The wedge issue has always been Dispensational eschatology. I came to full religious awareness while living in Anchorage, Alaska. It was about the time I turned twelve years old. My family was attending a particular Baptist church where the pastor … Continue reading →

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I Cannot Avoid It

Posted on December 18, 2017 by ehurst

I believe you need to see how this works, to see the questions and inner struggle to discern the wisdom of God. We have such a long way to go in many areas of our shared faith, and this struggle … Continue reading →

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Decentralized Human Networking

Posted on July 30, 2017 by ehurst

It seems to me that I keep confronting human intransigence against God’s requirement to decentralize. Allow me to offer two examples. One: The Internet is by far the most democratizing influence on human society in history thus far. The very … Continue reading →

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Hank Hanegraaff and Orthodoxy

Posted on June 4, 2017 by ehurst

I find this interesting. There’s a lot of parallel between Hanegraaff’s experience and my own. One of Hanegraaff’s books helped me deal with the craziness of Charismatics. Aside from Charismatics being all over the map on doctrine, he gave me … Continue reading →

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Jehovah Jireh

Posted on February 7, 2017 by ehurst

The preacher is a little angry. Perhaps you’ll see it as a holy fire, not petty spite. Everything we do is provider-centric. Read that a couple of times and let it sink in. We’ll come back to it. When your … Continue reading →

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Not Competing

Posted on October 28, 2016 by ehurst

Yesterday I had a conversation with someone who attends, and loves, Life Church. She was attempting to play the evangelism card, but of course, that doesn’t amount to much with Life Church folks. I confirmed my faith in Christ and, … Continue reading →

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Come On In

Posted on July 17, 2016 by ehurst

If you are going to be excluded, it will be your choice. A fundamental image of God’s Kingdom on this earth is the boundaries of human cooperation. I keep harping on how we are wired to be tribal, that the … Continue reading →

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