Tag Archives: human existence

NT Doctrine — 2 Timothy 1

Posted on June 22, 2024 by ehurst

Reminder: This is probably the last of Paul’s writings chronologically. Again, Timothy is in Ephesus as the resident Apostle. Any day now a large number of folks from Jerusalem will come streaming into the area, fleeing a Jewish rebellion in … Continue reading →

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It’s Who We Are, Not What We Do

Posted on June 20, 2024 by ehurst

I’ve already laid the foundation: This life is an illusion. Our human existence has only one purpose, and that is to testify that God alone deserves all praise and glory. There are others competing for some of that glory, and … Continue reading →

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Some More Big Picture

Posted on November 15, 2017 by ehurst

We are fallen; we were designed for Eden, but we got kicked out. In our fallen state, we will never really get back into Eden. However, Scripture talks about a symbolic return to Eden, a foot-in-both-worlds type of existence. It … Continue reading →

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Not the Apocalypse, Part 3

Posted on July 30, 2015 by ehurst

It’s personal. You can’t make it otherwise. The very fabric of Creation itself is personal because that’s how God makes it and remakes it every day. It wasn’t made and then allowed to run on without Him; it continues only … Continue reading →

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Broken Boundaries

Posted on February 6, 2015 by ehurst

Do you imagine that our common diseases today were absent from the Garden of Eden? If so, you would still be suffering from Western mythology. In the Hebrew culture, disease wasn’t some alien presence in nature. It was always there, … Continue reading →

Posted in eldercraft | Tagged Adam and Eve, epistemology, health, human existence, human suffering, moral authority, moral boundaries, moral consciousness, mysticism, nature, peace | 2 Comments

The Wadi of Folly

Posted on March 29, 2014 by ehurst

I realize regular readers will recognize this as the same old message that constantly burns freshly in my soul. You can skip this if you want; somebody else needs to see it. You can’t fix several centuries of stupid. The … Continue reading →

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