Having previously defined what prayer is, we might expect this question to address the content of our prayers. However, that is the following question: What should we pray? Yet the New City Catechism rightly places this question before that one. We should note this order well. When discussing prayer, it is all too easy to …
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As you may have begun to notice, the second half of Exodus divides fairly easily into major sections. Chapters 20-23 saw the first giving of the law through the Ten Commandments and the Book of the Covenant. Chapter 24 primarily described the ratification ceremony of the Yahweh's covenant with Israel, but it also concluded with …
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Having discussed the Septuagint last week, we now dive into seeing how the Greek translation of Exodus may have influenced the prologue to John's Gospel. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mHQPnTqyhnuvXhpC5W06R?si=cc305a6f51b1442a In Relatione (relevant links) The Lexham English Septuagint A New English Translation of the Septuagint (You can also read digital copies of each book here) Septuaginta: Reader’s Edition (this is …
There is a scene in the Lord of the Rings where Aragorn and his company are walking the paths of the dead, a haunted and dreadful road. Yet along the way, they find “the bones of a mighty man… He had fallen near the far wall of the cave, as now could be seen, and …
What is the Septuagint, and why is Greek translation of the Old Testament important to us today? Those are the questions before us in this episode. https://open.spotify.com/episode/35zDt0wNJBWl5GvqQIWVbE?si=GvBW6iPrRumQcfP-hEF5FQ In Relatione (relevant links) The Lexham English Septuagint A New English Translation of the Septuagint Septuaginta: Reader's Edition Gwendolyn's recommendation: The Man Who Preached Outside (George Whitefield) Ex Interrete (a …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/53E0BjtQ56dR3P4xB10ZB0?si=l-5ezlVZQs-FBw4uNvHh0A In our previous lesson, we moved through Part 2 of the New Reformation Catechism on Human Sexuality. Those questions focused upon the effects of humanity’s fall into sin upon our natural desires and the temptations that now arise from within our deceitful hearts. Although their subject matter is far from pleasant, it is essential …
From the beginning of Exodus, Yahweh has been intent on fulfilling His promise to Abraham of freeing Israel from slavery, giving them the land of Canaan, and dwelling with them as their God. The first fourteen chapters of Exodus displayed how the LORD delivered His people from Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched …
For the last several weeks leading up to tomorrow's solar eclipse, I have repeatedly seen a post on social media that gives evidence for why the eclipse is a warning of God's judgment upon the United States. To be honest, I haven't read the whole post (nor do I care to), and knowing the Internet, …
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With the person and work of the Holy Spirit addressed in the previous two question, we move now into the topic of prayer. This is fitting since it is only through power of the Holy Spirit that we can pray to God as our Father, as our Lord has taught us to pray. Indeed, as …
There is some question about whether the text before us properly belongs to the section of Exodus that we have been studying called the Book of the Covenant. After all, it is notably different from list of rules, judgments, and commandments that we have seen so far. However, I believe that this very much is …
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