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Tag Archives: Law
Matthew 7: 13-29 Choosing the Way of Christ
Matthew 7:13-29 Parallel Luke 13: 23-24, Luke 6: 43-46, 13: 25-27, Luke 6: 47-49, Mark 1: 21-22 13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Law, Matthew 7, obedience, Sermon on the Mount, wisdom
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Matthew 5: 13-20 A Visible Vocation Connected to Scripture
Matthew 5: 13-20 Parallel Mark 9:49-50 and 4:21, Luke 14: 35-35, 8: 16, 11:33 and 16: 16-17 Highlighted words will have comment on translation below 13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, … Continue reading
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Tagged Gospel of Matthew, Law, Matthew, Matthew 5, Salt and Light, Sermon on the Mount, Torah
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Book of Deuteronomy
These are my reflections on the book of Deuteronomy from February 2015 to April 2016. As a process of cleaning up my index and making posts more accessible. Deuteronomy 1: Retelling The Story For A New Time Deuteronomy 2: The … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy, Law, Torah
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Exodus 31: The Artisans, The Sabbath and the Tablets
Exodus 31:1-11 The Divinely Gifted Artisans The LORD spoke to Moses: 2 See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 3 and I have filled him with divine spirit,1 with … Continue reading
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Tagged Bezalel, Exodus, Exodus 31, Law, Moses, Oholiab, Sabbath, Tabernacle, Vocation
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Exodus 20- The Decalogue
Exodus 20: 1-17 The Ten Words Then God spoke all these words: 2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other … Continue reading
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Tagged Exodus, Exodus 20, Law, Ten Commandments, Torah
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Deuteronomy 30 – Hope Beyond the Curse
Deuteronomy 30: 1-10 Returning to the LORD 1 When all these things have happened to you, the blessings and the curses that I have set before you, if you call them to mind among all the nations where the … Continue reading
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Tagged circumcision, Covenant, Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy 30, Hope, Law, Paul, Torah
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Deuteronomy 26: Bringing Story into Liturgy
Deuteronomy 26 1 When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, 2 you shall take some of the first of … Continue reading
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Tagged Confessions, Creed, Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy 26, Exodus, First Fruit, Law, Liturgy, Tithe
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Deuteronomy 19: Justice, Refuge and Grace
Deuteronomy 19: 1-13: Cities of Refuge 1 When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land the LORD your God is giving you, and you have dispossessed them and settled in their towns and in their houses, … Continue reading
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Tagged Covenant, Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy 19, Justice, Land, Law, Murder, Revenge
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Psalm 1 Poetry and the Law
Psalm 1 Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; 2 but their delight is in the law of the LORD, and … Continue reading