Tag Archives: divine revelation

Moral Clarity Cannot Be Objective

Posted on June 21, 2015 by ehurst

If you can understand the Ancient Near Eastern intellectual context of the Bible, then you easily realize that the Scripture aims to present God’s moral character. That it may also reveal a little about history and other types of data … Continue reading →

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Psalm 53

Posted on June 6, 2015 by ehurst

This is quite similar to Psalm 14. While we can only guess, perhaps it’s appearance here in Book 2 simply means it was used in a different context, which would give it a different emphasis. We see it has a … Continue reading →

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New Page: Radix Fidem

Posted on May 23, 2015 by ehurst

God’s sense of timing is nothing like ours. In Scripture, we find ourselves confronted with a sense of “when it’s ready” or ripeness. I’ve avoided coming up with a name for the religion I teach here, content for many years … Continue reading →

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Psalm 50

Posted on May 16, 2015 by ehurst

If we take Asaph as the name of the man known to lead the Temple musicians, then he must have also been a prophet of some sort, for his psalms typically deal with the judgment of God. Were Jehovah like … Continue reading →

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Notes on the Cult of Oester

Posted on May 4, 2015 by ehurst

So far as scholars can determine, there is only one source for the notion that Oester (or Eoster) was a genuine deity among the primitive Germanic tribes — Venerable Bede. The Brothers Grimm were convinced he was right, but aside … Continue reading →

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Heart of the Mission

Posted on April 21, 2015 by ehurst

Heart-led living is not the mission, but the means to it. Whole civilizations rose and fell under the fundamental assumptions of heart-led living and paid little heed to our Creator. Rather, heart-led living is a basic necessity of living itself. … Continue reading →

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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Posted on April 13, 2015 by ehurst

The text of my book Heart of Faith is essentially complete, but I’m not going to finalize it for publication until I’ve serialized the entire draft here. Meanwhile, I have time on my hands to pray and contemplate other things. … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 8

Posted on April 12, 2015 by ehurst

Chapter 8 — More on Legalism It seems odd that mainstream Christianity is so quick to nitpick over some passages of Scripture — what Christ called “sifting out gnats” from flour — and swallowing the camel on other passages (Matthew … Continue reading →

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Next Project: Sensory Heart

Posted on April 1, 2015 by ehurst

I know it’s April Fool’s Day, but I have something serious in mind here. This won’t work if I put it together like my other books. God is a Person; His revelation teaches us to treat His Creation as a … Continue reading →

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Unintended Confirmations

Posted on March 31, 2015 by ehurst

One of our fundamental teachings here is that God’s character pervades the whole universe. Regardless of apparent facts, you won’t really begin to understand reality until you characterize it on some level as a living thing itself. On some level, … Continue reading →

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