Tag Archives: scripture

Good Bets

Posted on June 15, 2013 by ehurst

It’s not as if I have any secret revelations, but sometimes it helps to restate the obvious. All governments lie, some more than others. The US government is incapable of telling the truth, especially if the message comes through the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Good Bets

ACCM: The Cerebral Point of Failure

Posted on June 13, 2013 by ehurst

Re: A Course in Christian Mysticism (ACCM) One of my favorite professors back at OBU in the late 1970s was Dr. Rowena Strickland. She knew the Word better than most, even among a Baptist college faculty. She learned it all … Continue reading →

Posted in meta | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Real and Moral

Posted on June 10, 2013 by ehurst

Re: ACCM Morality = reality; it works both ways. Reality is whatever God says it is. Sin is arguing with what God says. For me, the Bible is sufficient source for what God has to say to us all. His … Continue reading →

Posted in meta | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Real and Moral

Humorless God

Posted on June 9, 2013 by ehurst

Warning: Star Trek reference ahead! In the original TV series Star Trek, we encountered the character of Spock, half human and half Vulcan. His people mastered reason and logic to overcome a hideous emotional nature, according to the background legends. … Continue reading →

Posted in sanity | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Humorless God

Ecclesiastes 5

Posted on June 8, 2013 by ehurst

Solomon begins here to confront directly the folly of attachment to this realm of existence. Only a fool takes this world’s concerns too seriously. If you think of God as a Western king, you’ll never understand the Bible. He portrays … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Ecclesiastes 5

Ancient Truth: Minor Prophets Published

Posted on June 8, 2013 by ehurst

It’s done. The cover art depicts a Torah scroll, largely because the entire prophetic message of the Old Testament is founded on the urgent need to return the Covenant. You can get your free copy here. The next book will … Continue reading →

Posted in meta | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Ancient Truth: Minor Prophets Published

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 →

Posted in prophecy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Defined by Morality

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Morality Defines All Things

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 →

Posted in bible | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Ecclesiastes 4