Tag Archives: scripture

Confusing Mission with Method in Evangelism

Posted on October 9, 2013 by ehurst

Re: Missouri Police Descend Upon, Arrest Evangelists Preaching Gospel in Public Square The heresy of Decision Theology carries vast implications of unjust behavior. The church involved is Lighthouse Anabaptist Church in Springfield, MO (they have the bad taste to construct … Continue reading →

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Sneaking Back into Eden

Posted on October 8, 2013 by ehurst

The Bible portrays most human sin as various attempts to sneak past the Flaming Sword back into the Garden of Eden. It’s not possible to describe life before the Fall. What we have are characterizations and Hebrew parabolic language in … Continue reading →

Posted in prophecy | Tagged Adam and Eve, ancient civilizations, ancient magic, divine revelation, epistemology, Garden of Eden, moral fabric, philosophy, science, scripture, the Flaming Sword | 1 Comment

Job 10

Posted on October 5, 2013 by ehurst

By default, fallen mankind justly owns the wrath of God. We deserve a short miserable life, a long and painful death and eternity in Hell. That’s the starting place. Anything short of that is a blessing or mercy. So the … Continue reading →

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Divine Justice and Gender

Posted on October 4, 2013 by ehurst

The God of the Bible portrays Himself as male. I believe it’s safe to say only Western Civilization has so completely formalized and institutionalized resentment to God’s choices, particularly in matters relating to gender and sex. That’s not to say … Continue reading →

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Western Is Not Biblical (Updated)

Posted on October 2, 2013 by ehurst

This is parallel to my long series of writings which declare the West as non-Christian. Christianity is an Ancient Near Eastern religion. It takes only a little bit of time to study and discern that we are talking about two … Continue reading →

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No Place to Stand: LifeChurch.tv and Others

Posted on September 30, 2013 by ehurst

I’m not in control of the agenda. I logged into my WordPress account with some other post in mind and was confronted with yet another thoughtful-yet-misguided comment on my LifeChurch review post. It’s been a year and a half, but … Continue reading →

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Implications and Consequences

Posted on September 29, 2013 by ehurst

Ideas have consequences; bad ideas bring unnecessary misery. It’s not enough that we kill ourselves, either slowly or quickly, by embracing folly. We then insist that the world believe the same lies and it makes things far worse for everyone … Continue reading →

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Job 9

Posted on September 28, 2013 by ehurst

Most Western commentators and readers fail to grasp how thoroughly correct Job is in what he says. The primary disconnection is between the Western value system that insists life is precious. The people of the Ancient Near East lived in … Continue reading →

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Another Mystery of God’s Laws

Posted on September 23, 2013 by ehurst

(Ref: a previous post by similar title.) Yet another comment on my critical review of Life Church from your typical modern Christian Pharisee. The real issue remains the deep failure to understand what is normative. I realize that the biggest … Continue reading →

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Job 8

Posted on September 21, 2013 by ehurst

Now it’s Bildad’s turn to get it wrong. He continues pressing the false dichotomy and worse. Bildad begins with less courtesy than Eliphaz, suggesting Job is a windbag. His rhetorical question misses the point. This is not a matter of … Continue reading →

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