Don’t forget God in the good times
Reminder of the covenant: Deuteronomy 5–7 It’s starting to look like a second Garden of Eden. So much from so little …
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Right living
Paul’s letter to Titus: Titus 1–3 Paul’s aim in life was to always bring people to Christ. He also wanted …
The Law is for those who need it
Paul’s first letter to Timothy (Part 1): 1 Timothy 1–3 The Law was given so we would know right and wrong. …
An irrefusable request
Paul’s letter to Philemon Paul was blunt about it: he could have just told Philemon to accept the escaped slave, Onesimus, …
Unity in our household
The Christian life is one of submission: submission to God and to each other. This isn’t a cringing subservience. It’s …
Truth vs slavery
Jesus explains that being free is about more than being a Jew or not a slave, then insults the people …
The seventh-year economic reset
The cost of idolatry, giving tithes and other rules: Deuteronomy 13–16:17 It’s hard to imagine a whole society with a culture …
God’s first anti-slavery campaign
The ten commandments and other rules: Exodus 20–23 Slavery has been a fact of life for thousands of years. That …
Pharaoh’s heart hardens
Moses confronts Pharaoh for the first time: Exodus 5–7 Pharoah had already shown his contempt for Moses, Aaron, the Hebrews (all …
I’ve seen their suffering
Moses in the desert and back to Egypt: Exodus 3–4 The Israelites (or Hebrews) might have lost touch with God, …
Moses the outsider
Eighty years of slavery and the birth of Moses: Exodus 1–2 Moses was one of the very few surviving Hebrew boys …
The slave is ‘one of your own’
Paul’s letter to the believers in Colossae: Colossians 1–4 Along with Paul’s letter to Philemon, Paul sent a letter to …
Your slave is your brother
Paul’s letter to Philemon In a society where slavery was normal, an escaped slave who had stolen money (probably to …
Social justice and holiness
Rules, rights and regulations: Deuteronomy 21–25 It is now fashionable to talk about social justice, but rarely is it acceptable …
Tithes and the poor
The cost of idolatry, giving tithes and other rules: Deuteronomy 13–16:17 Does God really want the poor to stay poor …
The Law starts here
The ten commandments and other rules: Exodus 20–23:19 God’s started His instruction for how the people should live. He spoke …
