Robert L. Hurley - Author

  THE DANCE Whirling, swirling, dancing we go, Ascending and climbing, life's juices aflow. High with hopes, players we all, Dancers as one to the music enthrall. In hope we clutch one another, Ignoring the truth, with sweet                     thoughts cover. The tempo jumps, the figures blur, Discordant strains peer over our shoulder. Faster! Faster! Our senses shriek! Touching, holding, ... no time to speak. Whispering...turbulent thoughts unkind, Race across the channels of the mind. We touch, we part, we touch again, Stop the music! Is there no end? Our load within, such fear and vanity, We streak along the narrow halls of sanity. What is life for? What does - - - - it mean? Why . . . . dance the dance if we've not seen? Bob Hurley Copyright 1978 ============================ WATERSONG (continued from "The Dance" Featur...

I S A I A H T H E I    S    A    I    A    H     C O M M I S S I O N ======================================= By: Robert Lee Hurley CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION These are selected studies from Isaiah.    The purpose of this introduction is to answer the question: Why?    But first, what will this study not be?    Well, it will not be a study of the life and times of Isaiah.    I am convinced that if Isaiah stood before us as we start, he would CRY OUT, "Seek the Word of the Lord your God, not knowledge of the living or the dead.    Although it is beautifully written, it will not discuss the beauty of Isaiah's poetic style. Also, it will not be an exposition of the validity of the authorship of Isaiah.    Jesus quoted and read from the Book of Isaiah.  In John 12:38-41, passages are quoted from diverse sections of the Book of Isaiah and are attributed to the same writer.    Several sources contend that Isaiah is quoted approximately 85 times in the New Testament. What...