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Soul Seeds: Christ's Wedding Feast

Posted on November 2, 2012 by ehurst

Of all the parables I’ve seen abused and twisted, this one seems to get it the most. We find in Matthew 22:1-14 Jesus is yet again hammering the Jewish leadership. Whether this story came on the same day as the … Continue reading →

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Soul Seeds: The Institution Can Fail

Posted on November 1, 2012 by ehurst

There’s no way to make this lesson short, so buckle your seatbelts and hang on. Somewhere between “abject submission” and “absolute contempt”, we can find a godly attitude about the organized Body of Believers commonly called “The Church.” Protestants are … Continue reading →

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Soul Seeds: Casting Aside Your Burdens

Posted on October 30, 2012 by ehurst

“Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than … Continue reading →

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Soul Seeds: New Life in Old Forms

Posted on October 28, 2012 by ehurst

Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?” And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom … Continue reading →

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Zephaniah 3

Posted on October 27, 2012 by ehurst

How should Jerusalem remain exempt from God’s wrath if she is no different from Nineveh? In times past, when disaster struck the people would turn from their sins and call on Jehovah. Now they simply turn to ever worse sins. … Continue reading →

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Zephaniah 2

Posted on October 20, 2012 by ehurst

Having warned them Jehovah would bring His wrath upon all the known world in the previous chapter, Zephaniah warns the people of Judah they may as well gather themselves and save God the trouble. Like stalks and chaff from the … Continue reading →

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TMOC 8: Rolling with the Roles

Posted on October 14, 2012 by ehurst

In Hebrew language and culture, context is everything. Sometimes a person’s actions or words might be inappropriate because it was tantamount to assuming prerogatives from a role they couldn’t claim. A typical Hebrew response would be to correct impertinence by … Continue reading →

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Zephaniah — Intro and Chapter 1

Posted on October 13, 2012 by ehurst

Intro The great-grandson of King Hezekiah, Zephaniah was part of the royal clan, a near relative to King Manasseh under whose reign he was born. This was the infamous king who drug Judah into every imaginable form of idolatry and … Continue reading →

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TMOC 7: All in the Family

Posted on October 13, 2012 by ehurst

We know Jesus possessed a prophetic insight. Some of His decisions arise directly from that, but this does not remove the purely human motives which surely fed into some of those choices. Too often Western Christians paint the scenes of … Continue reading →

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TMOC 6: Messianic Expectations

Posted on October 13, 2012 by ehurst

(I debated including this, so I’d like some feedback as to whether my readers think it matters.) We simply cannot hope to understand some of the events and conversations in the Gospels without realizing just what the Jews had in … Continue reading →

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