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Teachings of Jesus — Luke 16:1-13

Posted on January 12, 2019 by ehurst

Jesus is still answering the objection of the scribes and Pharisees to His rehabilitation of sinners. The Jewish leaders were missing the point of the rituals. They failed to understand that the rituals served as symbolic reminders of our fallen … Continue reading →

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Chasing Their Tails

Posted on January 12, 2019 by ehurst

This is as much for me as anyone else. I encountered a bunch of highfalutin philosophical stuff this week. Sure, I can understand most of it, and I don’t like it. We are caught between two worlds right now. The … Continue reading →

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Pastoral Psychology and the Heart 06

Posted on January 1, 2019 by ehurst

Dominion is love and vice versa. A critical difference between the Ancient Near East (ANE) and the West is that in the former, even slaves were regarded as having some dignity. It arises from the way the ANE approaches life … Continue reading →

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Can We Keep It?

Posted on December 12, 2018 by ehurst

We emphasize the continuity between the Old and New Testaments. This is exactly backwards from what the Reformation did. Reformed theology is the basis for Dispensationalism, that heretical belief that the only proper understanding of God’s hand in human history … Continue reading →

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Team, Family, Church

Posted on December 10, 2018 by ehurst

I was right, but for all the wrong reasons. My first job out of teachers’ college was at a private school as a long-term substitute. I finished out the year for a Social Studies teacher who had walked off the … Continue reading →

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Kiln of the Soul: Discerning the Context

Posted on December 6, 2018 by ehurst

Israel was a covenant nation. Regardless of geographical borders, they were the same nation wherever they were. Nor was it a question of DNA. According to that covenant, anyone from any genetic heritage could embrace the covenant and become an … Continue reading →

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Praying According to How God Hears

Posted on November 27, 2018 by ehurst

As heart-led followers of Christ, we spend the bulk of our lives focused on training the brain to obey the heart. A critical element in this is learning to accept the Lord’s testimony of who and what we are in … Continue reading →

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Teachings of Jesus — Luke 10:25-37

Posted on November 24, 2018 by ehurst

The entire identity of Israel was bound up in the Covenant. It was not in just the Law as written by Moses, but all of the implications of that Law. Further, it was not found in Hellenistic analysis underlying the … Continue reading →

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The Mainstream Is Inconsistent with Our Way

Posted on October 28, 2018 by ehurst

There have been several people trying to convince me to come back to churches I used to attend years ago. Regular readers know that if I were to do so, I would never remain a silent participant. I would most … Continue reading →

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The Die Is Cast

Posted on October 27, 2018 by ehurst

Most of you probably don’t have the time to read something like this, but I highly recommend this analysis of our current political situation. The author explains the background of political tension better than anything else I’ve seen in quite … Continue reading →

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