Tag Archives: survival

Leaving Yourself Open to Manipulation

Posted on February 11, 2024 by ehurst

The guidance of Scripture is not that hard to fathom. The real question is whether you believe strongly enough to obey it. I’ve said it often enough: The issue is not success in the real world. The issue is making … Continue reading →

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Cynical Politics

Posted on June 17, 2023 by ehurst

If we were going to discuss the political situation, I believe the best approach is looking at who or what is least harmful. To imagine that anyone in American politics is actually “good” is beyond the pale. Nothing good can … Continue reading →

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Too Late, It’s Here

Posted on June 14, 2023 by ehurst

Technically speaking, we are already in economic collapse. We have been for some time, but it’s not always obvious when something like this starts rolling. Don’t let your imagination run away with you. As I’ve explained in the past, our … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Bottom?

Posted on May 8, 2023 by ehurst

Somebody has asked me about America hitting bottom. Keep in mind something: the political, economic and social domains are not exactly synchronized. One can easily bottom out without the others. Further, “hitting the bottom” means something different for each of … Continue reading →

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How Will You Maintain?

Posted on April 21, 2023 by ehurst

In blunt terms: Stop thinking and talking about how to stop the runaway freight train from crashing. It’s going to crash. Instead, think and talk about how to avoid getting hurt by it. The only reason you need to understand … Continue reading →

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Meet Your New Apocalypse

Posted on April 11, 2023 by ehurst

Just a few things to think about in the midst of political turmoil… We focus on keeping our testimony alive, not our bodies. If our lives do not testify of the Father’s glory, there’s no reason He would keep us … Continue reading →

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All Too Soon

Posted on October 20, 2022 by ehurst

If survival is your god, your prime directive, you will be disappointed to find that it is a powerless god whose blessings are altogether random. Survival in itself has no meaning. If your prime directive is the glory of our … Continue reading →

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Tactical Heart

Posted on February 24, 2017 by ehurst

Life is not sacred, but living can be. Because of my service as a Military Policeman, I was indoctrinated in tactical awareness as a pervasive mindset that one never leaves. You crawl into a dark and dismal world, always waiting … Continue reading →

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Bureaucratic Cancer

Posted on March 26, 2016 by ehurst

Our modern bureaucratic coward is easy to trace as the final stage of middle class culture. Whatever it is communists mean by “bourgeois,” that’s not the right image here. It’s loaded with too many emotional and mythical ideas. Instead of … Continue reading →

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Not Just the Dispies

Posted on March 16, 2016 by ehurst

While I’ve made a lot of noise about the need to be ready for some level of exodus from the Zionist-Dispensationalist claptrap in churches, that’s not the whole story here. I’ve also predicted for quite some years that churches in … Continue reading →

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