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Maybe This Time

Posted on February 1, 2019 by ehurst

What we seek to build is something akin to a cultural identity, but actually resting entirely on our covenant. History shows that a nation can stand about as good as any nation could if they are held together by some … Continue reading →

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Faith Is Faith

Posted on December 19, 2018 by ehurst

Let’s clarify something: What we here at Kiln of the Soul call “heart-led” is synonymous with genuine faith. The problem is that most Christians use the word “faith” with a different meaning, different from what we mean and different from … Continue reading →

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Heart-led Analysis of Living

Posted on December 3, 2018 by ehurst

It should seem obvious that, in order to read the Old Testament, one must read back into it the unstated assumptions the writers considered obvious. So we study the history of the Ancient Near East and do our best to … Continue reading →

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Encouraging Faith Under Persecution

Posted on October 15, 2018 by ehurst

You can sit in a Buddhist temple and call on the Lord Jesus Christ. There’s a wave of fresh persecution against organized Christian religion in Asian countries this year. Although China gets a lot of ink on that issue, it’s … Continue reading →

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The Fall of America 01

Posted on July 31, 2018 by ehurst

I sense the need to respond more broadly to some questions asked in private. Let me provide some context first as a sort of review. The US is doomed. America is under God’s wrath. Some of the cause for this … Continue reading →

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Covenant Manhood 03

Posted on July 26, 2018 by ehurst

Do you understand that heart-led faith puts us far, far outside the mainstream? Mainstream wisdom may well overlap at times, but heart-led truth is a wholly different approach to life. While in some contexts our reticence is appropriate, keeping almost … Continue reading →

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Religion versus Faith

Posted on July 7, 2018 by ehurst

Again: We cannot ape the ancient Hebrew society. We can learn from their ways and their covenant how to discern God’s moral character woven into Creation. Your own personal heart-led wisdom, and your sense of mission and calling for divine … Continue reading →

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Carving the Carcass of the Fall

Posted on June 4, 2018 by ehurst

Over the years in my reading of scholarly literature about Church History, I’ve noticed a major problem with the literature. The whole sweep of Church History published in English, and even a great deal of translated works from other languages, … Continue reading →

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Look in the Mirror

Posted on April 4, 2018 by ehurst

Take a moment to review Galatians 6:1-5 and 1 Corinthians 10:12-13. Western society in general, and American society in particular, is schizophrenic about sex. We still have this pervasive, if not always conscious, mythology about the Fall as primarily an … Continue reading →

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Offerings to God

Posted on March 25, 2018 by ehurst

It makes a world of difference when you give to family versus giving to just about anyone else. I actually like the article on tithing at Wikipedia. It corrects a lot of lies told by greedy clergymen. Nowhere is tithing … Continue reading →

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