Tag Archives: epistemology

Don’t Waste It

Posted on August 25, 2016 by ehurst

We could comment prophetically on the scene around us. For example, the Civil Rights Movement — it’s not as if there were no real problems there, but they were never solved. Instead, new problems were introduced because, whatever it was … Continue reading →

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Wordless Truth

Posted on August 1, 2016 by ehurst

(This is the instructional portion of today’s message. The prophetic portion is in another blog post.) Of course, I used the word “instructional” advisedly because it can’t be taught, only caught. Nobody can tell you much about how the heart … Continue reading →

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My Father’s World, Part 6

Posted on July 23, 2016 by ehurst

We must live in the Land Without Words. In our English translations of the Bible, we have this expression: “someone’s word.” It shows up in our phrase, “the Word of God.” Our culture offers no good translation of the Hebrew … Continue reading →

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My Father’s World, Part 2

Posted on July 19, 2016 by ehurst

The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your … Continue reading →

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My Father’s World, Part 1

Posted on July 18, 2016 by ehurst

When we read the Bible, we are facing two layers of false mythology. The first is the underlying bias of the translators. In the US, our religious culture is largely the product of the Anglo-Saxon biases behind the King James … Continue reading →

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Duty to Deceive

Posted on May 30, 2016 by ehurst

First, a little context: faith = convictions = heart-mind moral discernment. We’ve had two millennia of people abusing the word “faith” to mean an intellectual body of belief plus the actions arising from such belief. It goes back to that … Continue reading →

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What the Hell?

Posted on May 18, 2016 by ehurst

Some of you get it, but it seems there is enough confusion that I need to restate things for clarity. I use the English word “Hell.” If you have been paying attention, you’ll notice I use it in the vernacular … Continue reading →

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Our Crazy Ancient New Religion 6

Posted on April 28, 2016 by ehurst

You will fail. That is, lots of things you try won’t turn out as you expect. So the only wise course is to adjust your expectations. Turn failure into learning and learning into victory. I’ve done what I could in … Continue reading →

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Answering Final: Otherworld

Posted on April 15, 2016 by ehurst

We come to the end of this series, and frankly some half of what I might have said in the first place shows up in the comments in reply to other comments. It occurs to me one point in particular … Continue reading →

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Answering 05: The Moral Sphere

Posted on April 9, 2016 by ehurst

You don’t have to take me seriously, but I am so confident in my message that I’m willing to stand alone against all of humanity at the same time. Insane or not, I assert without a hint of embarrassment that … Continue reading →

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