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Proposal: A Course in Christian Mysticism

Posted on June 6, 2013 by ehurst

I am a true Christian Mystic. That should not be taken as a suggestion everyone else is false, but that I obviously disagree with just about everyone else promoting Christian Mysticism. If you understand anything at all about mysticism in … Continue reading →

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Epistemology, in a Manner of Speaking

Posted on June 5, 2013 by ehurst

My use of the term, and the implied question, of epistemology is an accommodation to Westerners. It’s an attempt to speak their language. Frankly, the question itself is circular reasoning. That is, the common Aristotelian evaluation of the answer to … Continue reading →

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Untangling Activist Logic

Posted on June 4, 2013 by ehurst

Activist logic does not even qualify as decent Aristotelian logic. In order to reject the primacy of Aristotelian epistemology, I first had to understand it to some degree. This didn’t come as some dreamy longing for swords and sorcery. It … Continue reading →

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Defined by Morality

Posted on June 2, 2013 by ehurst

Morality and Justice are the roughly equivalent terms in the Kingdom of God. It is the divine imperative, not in the sense so much of laws as a divine gift from God. He offers to fallen mankind the opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Morality Defines All Things

Posted on June 2, 2013 by ehurst

Morality is defined as obedience to God’s revelation regarding things in this life. It is living in this fallen world according to a divine understanding of what’s wrong and what’s right, but it assumes an understanding that is higher than … Continue reading →

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Ecclesiastes 4

Posted on June 1, 2013 by ehurst

Solomon continues his theme that human wisdom without revelation is confusion and madness. He next points out that, as bad as life is without the Word of God, it can only get worse when you consider how humans interact, or … Continue reading →

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Moral Intelligence

Posted on May 31, 2013 by ehurst

You can get a degree in all kinds of things, but it seems no institute of higher learning recognizes any need to develop moral intelligence. When you examine any particular issue in light of moral truth, it changes all the … Continue reading →

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Poison People

Posted on May 29, 2013 by ehurst

There are some people you cannot help. I rode my bicycle on the bike path. As I approached the cutout for a street crossing, he carefully pulled his small pickup against the curb, blocking the path. I could have ridden … Continue reading →

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Annoyance Is Not Sin

Posted on May 28, 2013 by ehurst

The repercussions of the Fall reach far and wide. If you met me in person, you might not enjoy my company. I have strange habits and my motivations perplex almost anyone deeply infected with Western reasoning. It’s quite possible my … Continue reading →

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Waiting Is Work

Posted on May 26, 2013 by ehurst

If I knew what it was, I’d probably mess things up. I’m waiting. I don’t know what for, but I’m waiting. Whatever it is hasn’t come yet. The biblical concept of time is ripeness. The proper attitude is that there … Continue reading →

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