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Burning Heart; Changing Life

Posted on February 21, 2016 by ehurst

And then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight. And they said to one another, “Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He … Continue reading →

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You Won’t Get Out Alive

Posted on February 21, 2016 by ehurst

This world is a pitiful mess at best, and you won’t get out of here alive. So I’ll summarize the nature of my recent sorrows with this workstation. I updated the BIOS from around v.3 to v.14 and the settings … Continue reading →

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The Heart of Church History

Posted on February 17, 2016 by ehurst

Church History as an academic pursuit is mostly a matter of grasping the politics of organized religion. It’s sheer idiocy to assume politics have no place in the church; our biggest problem is that people have rejected the political structure … Continue reading →

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Theological Controversy?

Posted on February 14, 2016 by ehurst

Even mainstream evangelical theologians and Bible scholars recognize that Hebrew culture refers to the heart as the seat of the will, which is then linked to convictions. Before I moved away from evangelical circles, I already understood from my professors … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse Now

Posted on February 11, 2016 by ehurst

John’s Apocalypse is still relevant because it always was. I’m working over the text of my Bible study book on John’s Revelation. Instead of merely reformatting it as with some of the other books, I’m rereading my text against that … Continue reading →

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Satan and the Fall

Posted on February 7, 2016 by ehurst

We see “the Serpent” in Genesis 3, and it’s just a poetic term for Satan. The Hebrew word for “snake” is nakawsh (naw-kawsh) — doesn’t that sound like a snake? Say it drawing out the last syllable for dramatic emphasis. … Continue reading →

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Psalm 87

Posted on February 6, 2016 by ehurst

This is a terse prophetic song. The Hebrew is difficult to grasp if you read it literally, and you would be in good company. Toward the end before Babylon laid siege to the city, a great many shallow minds and … Continue reading →

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Proverbs 28

Posted on February 3, 2016 by ehurst

What you believe you see and experience is just shadow; ultimate reality is the moral truth behind it all. This chapter is full of short epigrams all getting at the same basic idea. They are not doctrinaire assertions of wishful … Continue reading →

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Context and Separation

Posted on February 2, 2016 by ehurst

No other human has the authority to decide for you what is the will of God. People do have the authority to exclude you from things He has placed in their hands, by whatever means necessary. The only question, then, … Continue reading →

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Mind Slaves

Posted on January 31, 2016 by ehurst

If you change someone’s mind on something, you haven’t accomplished much. Sure, it probably comes with a package including the person’s actions and words, but that’s just physics. It’s hard to overstate the perversion of Western mythology. Let’s remind ourselves … Continue reading →

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