Tag Archives: faith

Whining Is Anti-faith

Posted on November 26, 2019 by ehurst

Message to myself: The essence of faith in this life is learning how to live with suffering and sorrow. The mark of faith is patience and persistence. A primary mark of rejecting faith is bristling at inconvenience. It starts with … Continue reading →

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Talk the Walk

Posted on October 23, 2019 by ehurst

This won’t take long. When I talk to people about religion and faith, most of what I say that seems to have any real impact is just this: Listen to your heart. Walk by convictions, not reason. You can’t trust … Continue reading →

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Give Him Time

Posted on October 11, 2019 by ehurst

Give God time to do His work His way. Today was consumed in messing with my computer. You can read about that tomorrow on my old blog, if you are interested. But the important thing that happened today was the … Continue reading →

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The Heart Must Lead

Posted on October 3, 2019 by ehurst

I’m going to oversimplify so that we can see the big picture. Humans were intended to be family for God. Granted, that was in the context of His much larger family, which included a lot of other kinds of beings … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Bear Fruit

Posted on September 29, 2019 by ehurst

Radix Fidem isn’t an organization. It’s an idea, a collection of ideas. It’s not a religion but an approach to religion as an expression of faith. It assumes you should be growing your own religion. But of course, what we … Continue reading →

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Teachings of Jesus — John 14:25-31

Posted on August 24, 2019 by ehurst

Jesus continues talking about returning to His Father’s Heavenly court to take up His co-regency. He explains how it will work for them. Jesus speaks to their hearts. The heart is capable of storing things away in memory for when … Continue reading →

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Driven by Calling

Posted on August 18, 2019 by ehurst

There’s a very driven man with a YouTube channel who fought with Tesla for quite some time over the right to restore wrecked Tesla cars using salvaged parts. It doesn’t matter that I really believe electric vehicles — using current … Continue reading →

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Otherworldliness

Posted on August 6, 2019 by ehurst

Ref: Jesus Stills the Storm (Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25) The most common boat on Galilee was designed for a crew of two or three, and when loaded with a good catch, sat pretty low in the water. With … Continue reading →

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Teachings of Jesus — John 12:44-50

Posted on July 6, 2019 by ehurst

This is where we ditch the myth of propositional truth once and for all. Despite John using his simple Greek grammar to express it, what Jesus offers here is a quintessential Hebrew mystical statement. It is a paradox, for God … Continue reading →

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Celibacy versus MGTOW

Posted on June 25, 2019 by ehurst

Don’t get confused here. Let’s keep this clear: Western Civilization is doomed. It’s doomed because it institutionalizes the Fall. That is, Western Civ is hostile to the heart-led way, to the return to genuine faith. The vast bulk of Western … Continue reading →

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