After finally recounting the events of the tenth plague and the exodus, it may seem odd that we again find ourselves reading about the sacrifices and feasts that Israel would be required to keep. However, as we said of Moses and Aaron's genealogy in chapter 6, the authorial intent behind writing Exodus was not to …
Continue reading The Feast of Unleavened Bread | Exodus 12:43-51, 13:3-10
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5JjFyzb5xaeS6udECJehEW?si=d1ca432c37ce4ed1 Throughout this series, we have said much about secularism, particularly through each statement of the Secular Creed. However, if we stopped the discussion there, we might very well be left with the age-old question: so what? I aim to answer that very question with this final post by thinking through how Christians should respond …
Continue reading Avoid Such People: Responding to the Secular Creed
Just as Duguid's book on the armor of God proved to be my favorite resource for that study, his commentary on Daniel is situated to do the same. In the following quotation, Duguid is commenting on the three-year reeducation of Daniel and his friends to assimilate them into Babylon. Even though I finished this event …
But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs, and the chief of …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3AbLZaLdGqBHenncGsxYIY?si=RF4JSFPIRZSKn7jeZ-44Nw We are continuing to read through Heaven Taken by Storm together. You can find our reading plan and links to previous posts here. Chapter Ten Outline Satan’s Opposition His violence His treachery In suiting his temptations to the temper of the individual. Drawing men to evil, under a pretense of good. He tempts to sin gradually. He …
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