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Ecclesiastes Intro and Chapter 1 (Updated)

Posted on May 12, 2013 by ehurst

Introduction The sarcasm and mocking Solomon offers here could easily be aimed at the large number of Western Christians who don’t get Hebrew wisdom literature. The underlying premise of the book is portraying the vanity of trying to understand life, … Continue reading →

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Flavors of Reason

Posted on May 11, 2013 by ehurst

Western reasoning gets in the way of everything, even in ways we don’t realize. We can be smart enough to recognize when something needs only concrete logic. If you drop a rock on your foot, it will hurt; if you … Continue reading →

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Conversion Is a Lie

Posted on May 8, 2013 by ehurst

Translation of the Bible into English is inevitably difficult. Virtually every translation I’ve read does something I find objectionable. That’s because knowing how to get an English word or phrase from one of the biblical languages is no guarantee you … Continue reading →

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A Theology of Theology

Posted on May 7, 2013 by ehurst

theology: the study of God and of the nature of religious truth; a school of thought arising from such study; an organized course of study within the academic field of religion There is no theology in the Bible. There entire … Continue reading →

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Propositional Folly

Posted on May 3, 2013 by ehurst

It ain’t happening. I keep hoping people will understand when I attack Aristotelian epistemology and European tribal mythology. I keep hoping they’ll recognize all those unconscious assumptions about life, the universe and everything. I pray that they learn the very … Continue reading →

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Fuzzy Hebrew Reasoning

Posted on April 30, 2013 by ehurst

This post is a response to some very good questions to my previous Righteous Activism. I may misunderstand the question, but let me answer what I believe is the question and we can work from there. God as my witness, … Continue reading →

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Righteous Activism

Posted on April 29, 2013 by ehurst

God has revealed Himself. He has not been silent since the very first human mind became conscious. The primary, fundamental fact of human existence here and now is we are fallen. It affects the totality of our human existence. No … Continue reading →

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Not Many Miracles

Posted on April 9, 2013 by ehurst

He can’t do many miracles because of our unbelief. This isn’t simply psyching yourself up to believe. It’s far more subtle. After many years studying philosophy and the difficult questions of epistemology, I’m just beginning to understand the depth of … Continue reading →

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Tactical Individuality

Posted on March 30, 2013 by ehurst

You must stand alone but you are never alone. Having a foot in both realms offers some incredibly difficult opportunities for explaining how to live. Jesus used parables for this very reason; unfortunately our culture is utterly without talent in … Continue reading →

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Which God?

Posted on March 28, 2013 by ehurst

Sheeple are easily confused by incoming data. Whether you count yourself one of them isn’t the point, though. To some degree, we are all vulnerable to manipulation. It is my pastoral duty to remind my readers of things which are … Continue reading →

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