Tag Archives: oppression

In the Cosmic Jail

Posted on January 10, 2016 by ehurst

Pay no attention to the propaganda until you start from the assumption that it’s propaganda. Back off; divest yourself of any interest in taking sides. When you operate from the divine moral plane using the moral logic of God’s character … Continue reading →

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Odds and Ends Again

Posted on January 7, 2016 by ehurst

I once wrote a humorous story about how my opinion might not be worth as much as a rat’s butt. The price of rat’s butt has gone up… Malheur National Wildlife Refuge: That business in Oregon of militia types holing … Continue reading →

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The Holy Order of Gatekeepers

Posted on January 4, 2016 by ehurst

The concept of gatekeeper is as old as humanity: a wholly unnatural restriction to genuine human need, maintained by horrific injustice. (We can save the debate about what constitutes a genuine human need in God’s eyes for another day.) At … Continue reading →

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Hack Yourself

Posted on December 30, 2015 by ehurst

It is not a question of in-the-heart versus in-the-head. It’s both at the same time — and more. It may not be easy for us coming out of a binary-linear-thinking culture, and it’s not much better with the current trend … Continue reading →

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Hidden But Not Secret

Posted on December 27, 2015 by ehurst

We are not a secret society, but a mystery society. That is, if we use common English translations of the Bible to guide our terminology, then what we promote is a mystery difficult for outsiders to grasp. It is certainly … Continue reading →

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The Mystery of Condemnation

Posted on December 24, 2015 by ehurst

Two different realms, two entirely different worlds that are never more than a step away from each other are Penitence and Condemnation. For all the sorrow of the latter, it seems not many people escape it. This is your surprise … Continue reading →

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The Essential Trust Factor

Posted on December 21, 2015 by ehurst

He said, “You don’t know me from Adam, but here you are out at this time of night, loaning me tools and you don’t know if you’ll see ’em again.” Unspoken was the obvious factor that he was black and … Continue reading →

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Psalm 80

Posted on December 19, 2015 by ehurst

Again, we note that “psalm of Asaph” is colloquial for the man and all his descendants, all who held his office following him. It matters here because this is almost surely a psalm from the Assyrian conquest of Samaria and … Continue reading →

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Technological Spite

Posted on December 17, 2015 by ehurst

Let me be the first to encourage you to stay away from computers. I write that in a post on a blog many know to cover a lot of computer technology stuff. It’s not a bad hobby, so long as … Continue reading →

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Can’t Afford Materialism

Posted on December 1, 2015 by ehurst

I can recall serving in the military when it was called “peace time” and all we did was train. In those days, our senior battalion maintenance officer said something to a group of us about what a wonderful thing it … Continue reading →

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