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The Paradox of Faith

Posted on February 9, 2024 by ehurst

You would think something like this is simple. Broadly, the psychology profession regards faith as something built into the human psyche. The message that profession has gotten from Christian religion is that faith is a miracle, not a normative human … Continue reading →

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NT Doctrine — 1 Corinthians 1

Posted on August 5, 2023 by ehurst

The balance of Paul’s Letter to the believers in Rome is personal in nature, not doctrinal, so we follow the canonical order into 1 Corinthians. We’ve already taken a look at the back story to his troubles with the church … Continue reading →

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AI: Still Temporal

Posted on January 29, 2023 by ehurst

I’ve said before that the current trends in AI don’t present much of a threat in themselves. Rather, it’s how people use AI that can be dangerous to human existence. The actual technology itself is quite limited, compared to the … Continue reading →

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It Cannot Be Fixed

Posted on August 17, 2021 by ehurst

This is not how things are supposed to be. We were never meant to be mortal. God placed us within His Creation as managers of some portion, a special place rather like a ruler’s private park. The park has always … Continue reading →

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Why God’s Wrath Is Falling

Posted on May 29, 2020 by ehurst

Christian Mysticism isn’t a collection of principles. Discussing it is a matter of offering counter-principles to false ideas; Christian Mysticism itself transcends principles, but offers some very pragmatic guidance. So the counter-principles we have so far: We are fallen creatures; … Continue reading →

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Provisional Life

Posted on May 19, 2020 by ehurst

Don’t take yourself too seriously. That’s just a backdoor definition of humility and trust in the Lord. But it’s also a warning not to trust your own human abilities, neither in establishing ideals nor in reaching them. It’s utterly impossible … Continue reading →

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The Babylon Conspiracy — Again

Posted on July 9, 2019 by ehurst

What separates me from the conspiracy theorists is that I am quite certain the conspiracies could not possibly succeed. I still believe that those conspiracies exist, and the people involved certainly do believe their plans could work, but that’s a … Continue reading →

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The Identity of Escape

Posted on March 29, 2019 by ehurst

We live under the Curse of the Fall. For all our efforts, there is absolutely nothing we can do from here to get out, except to die. Meanwhile, we live with the misery of having no purpose, and most people … Continue reading →

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Standing in a Different Context — Epilogue

Posted on April 29, 2018 by ehurst

Not every conspiracy theory is wrong. But most conspiracies have failed to accomplish all the conspirators had hoped, so there’s a lot of confusion about them. What follows is my personal take on a few examples to indicate how we … Continue reading →

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Fool’s Goal

Posted on February 21, 2014 by ehurst

Nobody says having a goal in mind is somehow evil. What’s evil is the underlying mental frame of reference that makes accomplishment the measure of your worth. When you boil down Scripture to the essence, you discover God says holiness … Continue reading →

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