Tag Archives: peace

Painting Signs

Posted on January 14, 2016 by ehurst

You can’t defy the Creator. Don’t think in terms of absolutes or you’ll never get this. God operates on the basis of proximity in His Creation. So you will find yourself in relative terms close to or far from Him, … Continue reading →

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Refreshing Your Core

Posted on December 3, 2015 by ehurst

Stop and re-calibrate; put your intellect back into its place. There is no command from God to accomplish anything on this earth. Our whole gospel message is characterized as process, not product. We are struggling to explore the vast Land … Continue reading →

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Pastoral: Fear Not WW3

Posted on November 19, 2015 by ehurst

If you read much news you’ve already heard mention of WW3 as a varying possibility — the possibility varies with who is saying what, and in what context. Most current chatter focuses on Russia and/or China versus NATO and friends. … Continue reading →

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Parabolic Heart

Posted on November 17, 2015 by ehurst

In this realm of existence, parables and symbolic logic are the only way we can indicate where to find God’s truth. One of the hardest mental habits to break is the binary approach to reality. On a certain obvious level, … Continue reading →

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Be Not Dismayed

Posted on November 14, 2015 by ehurst

Do not fear; for I am with you; be not dismayed; for I am your God. I will make you strong; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness. (Isaiah 41:10 … Continue reading →

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Driving Is Not Fun

Posted on November 12, 2015 by ehurst

It was about a three-hour drive to my Dad’s funeral. While I love seeing the countryside out there in the northeastern part of the state — mountains and forests — I was alone and no one could take the pictures. … Continue reading →

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Manhood: Mastery

Posted on October 27, 2015 by ehurst

If inebriation changes your social behavior much, you already have a problem. Granted, human resistance to the effects of alcohol vary widely, but the point is that the primary effects of any central nervous system depressant should not change your … Continue reading →

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You Can Do This

Posted on October 4, 2015 by ehurst

Your heart knows. It senses, and then processes what it senses, always measuring things in terms of moral reality. Turn your heart to the Creator and you will discover that it is His character your heart senses in all things. … Continue reading →

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Praying Divine Justice

Posted on September 30, 2015 by ehurst

God is willing to tweak things along the way as He executes His wider plans. For the most part, we have no clue, nor capacity to process clues, about God’s designs on the bigger picture of global human existence. However, … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 31, 2015 by ehurst

It’s a miracle. Nothing else can explain it. Did it require our planning and labor, the results would kill us. We could use social sciences to examine some of this, but human faculties cannot understand more than some of the … Continue reading →

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