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Quantum Sponges

Posted on May 21, 2014 by ehurst

In Acts 28, Paul shook off a poisonous snake that bit him and he suffered no ill effects. The last portion of Mark’s Gospel promised such would characterize those who promoted the teachings of Christ. We have anecdotal evidence of … Continue reading →

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Job 39

Posted on May 10, 2014 by ehurst

Is it so hard to imagine that God would speak to man in his own language? And is it so hard to imagine God would use a man’s own cultural images? Some cultures and languages do lend themselves much better … Continue reading →

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Outside the Matrix

Posted on May 8, 2014 by ehurst

Inherent in our Western mythology is the left-right scale. You can be masculine and individualist with laissez-faire economics and conservative social policies, or you can be feminist and promote Keynesian economics and socially libertine policies. Except all of it is … Continue reading →

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Tribulation Preparation

Posted on April 30, 2014 by ehurst

The saints of God will tribulate. Jesus warned that the same forces nailing Him to the Cross would not allow us to follow Him without some resistance. It’s not enough that those forces are within us to varying degrees, but … Continue reading →

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The Western Devil

Posted on April 28, 2014 by ehurst

God revealed Himself to humanity through a long path of ancient lore. Abraham came out of Mesopotamia, a land renowned in its day for hosting a vast lore of archives representing ancient religions and mythology. Some of that traveled far … Continue reading →

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Will to Resistance

Posted on April 18, 2014 by ehurst

My religion is not goal-oriented. The whole thing depends entirely on a sense of peace with God, something utterly nebulous and ineffable to the human mind. It simply is not possible for me to describe to you a structure for … Continue reading →

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A Quantum Step

Posted on April 17, 2014 by ehurst

Don’t follow me; search the pattern of my walk to find your own path. Yesterday I summarized afresh the concept of levels of awareness: This is merely a clinical expression of spiritual truth. (1) We are aware of the demands … Continue reading →

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That Shepherd Character Thing

Posted on April 13, 2014 by ehurst

There’s a place for the shepherdess, but there is a huge, overwhelming need for men to rebel against social mythology. Guys, nothing in Christ’s teaching requires you to be nice all the time in every context. He cracked a whip; … Continue reading →

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Job 35

Posted on April 12, 2014 by ehurst

The moral reasoning of Job’s culture operates on multiple levels simultaneously. There simply is nothing to parallel this in Western Civilization. Job and the trio were guilty of contextual confusion in their debates. To be more precise, Job’s friends were … Continue reading →

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Miracles versus Mythology

Posted on April 8, 2014 by ehurst

You aren’t cynical enough. Seen on Facebook today: two contrasting images vertically stacked proposing to offer some moral lesson. The top image was a trio of pubescent white girls facing the camera and tamely clowning a bit. The bottom image … Continue reading →

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