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Heart of Faith: Conclusion

Posted on April 16, 2015 by ehurst

Don’t live in your head. Be on guard against simplistic reading of the Hebrew Scriptures. Yes, Jeremiah 17:9 says that “the heart is desperately wicked” in most English translations. Hebrew thinking is the antithesis of legalistic semantic wrangling. A fair … Continue reading →

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Church of the Heart

Posted on April 14, 2015 by ehurst

We struggle to get Westerners to see beyond a single unitary universe. We further struggle to get them to see various levels within that one universe. The native conceptual instinct of Westerners is to see everything on the same concrete, … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Insertion

Posted on April 14, 2015 by ehurst

(This was a delayed submission that will be in the book, inserted before my story.) Jeanette’s Story My parents were cold and unloving and had no idea how to prepare their daughters for living in this world. After I gave … Continue reading →

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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Posted on April 13, 2015 by ehurst

The text of my book Heart of Faith is essentially complete, but I’m not going to finalize it for publication until I’ve serialized the entire draft here. Meanwhile, I have time on my hands to pray and contemplate other things. … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 9

Posted on April 13, 2015 by ehurst

Chapter 9 — My Story God laid upon the family household the duty to provide children with a frame of reference, a structure that would include and enable a grasp of God’s moral Law. It’s a bias. To be human … Continue reading →

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Working Heart

Posted on April 12, 2015 by ehurst

This business of heart-led living is hard work. We aren’t designed for isolation; it’s not what God intended for us. We are hard-wired to live in extended family households. Anything else is hardly living. However, revelation says a covenant family … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 7

Posted on April 11, 2015 by ehurst

Christine has asked me to share her story second hand. She’s a marvelous writer but the timing of this book caught her tied up with a lot of her own moral responsibilities. What makes her story important for us is … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 6

Posted on April 10, 2015 by ehurst

(This originally appeared on Linda’s blog and is posted here because it will be included in the book.) Chapter 6 — Linda’s Story This is just an introduction of the first page in the first chapter of a story that … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 5

Posted on April 9, 2015 by ehurst

(This is from my wife.) I never thought much about the relationship I have with nature; it just seemed natural. I was all ways able to talk to dogs and sometimes other animals. It just seemed as I grew up … Continue reading →

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Heart of Faith: Chapter 3

Posted on April 7, 2015 by ehurst

Chapter 3 — Rebuilding Redemption The science is clear enough as far as it goes. Because of the Western bias against a higher faculty in the human soul, a common assumption is that anything not rational is something less. Often … Continue reading →

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