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Spiritual Depth HOWTO

Posted on April 7, 2012 by ehurst

Good morning, Readers. In honor of the season: The primary element of spiritual depth is less of the flesh. In order to dampen the striving of the flesh, we have to understand what it is and how it works. Specifically, … Continue reading →

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Ritual of Foot Dust: Vox Popoli

Posted on April 1, 2012 by ehurst

This is a virtual ritual, because it references events entirely confined to cyberspace. I am a prophet of the God of the Bible. It wasn’t my idea. It’s a claim to divine authority, and the exercise of that authority rests … Continue reading →

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Philosophy of Christian Faith

Posted on March 24, 2012 by ehurst

Bad things happen to good people, and vice versa. This is not theology, but Christian logic. There are certain things we consider given. For us, there is a God in Heaven, and Heaven is an entirely different realm of existence … Continue reading →

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Hideous Frame of Reference

Posted on March 19, 2012 by ehurst

Moving beyond specific instances, there is a broad and sinister trend in churches across the US. By no means am I in favor of democratic church polity. This was never the New Testament model, and what we today consider the … Continue reading →

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Christ Is Not a Middle Class American

Posted on March 18, 2012 by ehurst

The title is the grab line. This is another persistent heartache of mine. With few exceptions, everywhere I go seeking Christian fellowship, I keep running into the false Christ of the Middle Class. Not entirely wrong, because the Christ of … Continue reading →

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Monster Church Madness

Posted on March 18, 2012 by ehurst

Spiritual success has almost no correlation to the size of the church organization. Put the First Church of Jerusalem in historical context. Two major items arise. One, this takes place in the one setting where the nature of “church” is … Continue reading →

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Christians, We Need to Talk

Posted on March 17, 2012 by ehurst

This world, and everything in it, does not matter. I refuse to surrender my mission. Every time I open my mouth to discuss things from the Bible, I keep stumbling over this same, damnable heresy. Sometimes it’s quite conscious, but … Continue reading →

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A Christian Psychology of Loss

Posted on March 9, 2012 by ehurst

To Christian men: I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Hell

Posted on February 19, 2012 by ehurst

(Note: I’m under the weather with a fever right now, so writing is kind of tough.) Libertarian philosophy completely ignores the Fall. I’m all for letting people do what they want, so long as it hurts no one but themselves. … Continue reading →

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Emerging Liberalism

Posted on February 18, 2012 by ehurst

The so-called Postmodern cultural influence is simply another brand of progressivism with no particular goal at all. To be postmodern is grabbing at any excuse to attack conventional thinking. There is a masquerade of logic. When they bother, postmodernists claim … Continue reading →

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