Tag Archives: spirituality

EH&D 8

Posted on August 3, 2014 by ehurst

(This is a serialization of the draft for my book, Expectations, Hopes and Dreams.) Justice Western Civilization is, so far, the pinnacle achievement of fallen human nature. It has become a moral black hole imploding upon its own materialism. This … Continue reading →

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Moments of Moral Clarity

Posted on July 23, 2014 by ehurst

Sometimes those moments when the moral obligations are most obvious is when it hurts the most. In my world there is a particular person who is rather close, to the point of under my feet, as it were. This person … Continue reading →

Posted in eldercraft | Tagged biblical morality, culture, moral obligations, mortality, scripture, social conditioning, society, spirituality | 1 Comment

Moral Discernment

Posted on July 17, 2014 by ehurst

It’s never what I expect. That has never hindered me serving fruitfully, but it seems to be a given that I’ll be looking in the wrong direction when it comes. So I have learned to spend less time on developing … Continue reading →

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The Doctrine of Leverage

Posted on July 16, 2014 by ehurst

Our doctrine is that changing human behavior requires leverage. Any leverage we might have comes from God alone. God may permit humans to chase a lot of different approaches for gaining leverage, but His moral character restricts His servants to … Continue reading →

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This Little Light of Mine

Posted on July 11, 2014 by ehurst

Maybe you’ve heard the children’s ditty: This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine! Let’s face it, the religion I teach here is frankly weird, if you come at it from any part of mainstream Christianity. Superficially we … Continue reading →

Posted in eldercraft | Tagged christian mysticism, mainstream christianity, ministry, mission, moral consciousness, religion, spirituality, This little light of mine, western christianity | 1 Comment

Failure to Act Is No Sin

Posted on July 10, 2014 by ehurst

One of the greatest mistakes we make as believers is to surrender our allegiance to Christ in favor of allowing someone else to be our false Christ. The frantic urgency of activism assumes a self-evident course of action is the … Continue reading →

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Three Bits on Sunday

Posted on July 6, 2014 by ehurst

There is a divine order to our plane of existence, but it will ever elude the human intellect. You can give yourself a leg up if you choose to embrace divine revelation to the degree possible. That means dismissing the … Continue reading →

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Pushing Sanity

Posted on July 3, 2014 by ehurst

It’s not fear, but sanity. I’ve noted often enough we are headed for tough times but anybody can see it coming. However, most of the folks who write about it tend to embrace a response I simply cannot swallow, because … Continue reading →

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Introspection and Trust

Posted on July 1, 2014 by ehurst

James, the brother of Jesus who eventually became the chief elder of the churches in Jerusalem, once noted wryly that some people look in a mirror and see their faces, but never check the mirror of their souls (James 1:19-27). … Continue reading →

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The Risk of Two Realms

Posted on June 30, 2014 by ehurst

Yesterday’s post on depression hit a nerve with several folks. In my own mind, it’s summed up in my response to a comment: “Much of what we dislike in this world is the back edge of something we simply don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in eldercraft | Tagged civilization, culture, depression, psychology, spirituality, survival, Two Realms | 1 Comment

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