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Don’t forget God in the good times

March 13, 2017

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

December 15, 2015

Paul’s letter to Titus: Titus 1–3 Paul’s aim in life was to always bring people to Christ. He also wanted …

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The Law is for those who need it

December 13, 2015

Paul’s first letter to Timothy (Part 1): 1 Timothy 1–3 The Law was given so we would know right and wrong. …

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An irrefusable request

December 8, 2015

Paul’s letter to Philemon Paul was blunt about it: he could have just told Philemon to accept the escaped slave, Onesimus, …

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Unity in our household

December 7, 2015

The Christian life is one of submission: submission to God and to each other. This isn’t a cringing subservience. It’s …

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Truth vs slavery

October 15, 2015

Jesus explains that being free is about more than being a Jew or not a slave, then insults the people …

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The seventh-year economic reset

March 16, 2015

The cost of idolatry, giving tithes and other rules: Deuteronomy 13–16:17 It’s hard to imagine a whole society with a culture …

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God’s first anti-slavery campaign

February 6, 2015

The ten commandments and other rules: Exodus 20–23 Slavery has been a fact of life for thousands of years. That …

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Pharaoh’s heart hardens

February 2, 2015

Moses confronts Pharaoh for the first time: Exodus 5–7 Pharoah had already shown his contempt for Moses, Aaron, the Hebrews (all …

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I’ve seen their suffering

February 1, 2015

Moses in the desert and back to Egypt: Exodus 3–4 The Israelites (or Hebrews) might have lost touch with God, …

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Moses the outsider

January 30, 2015

Eighty years of slavery and the birth of Moses: Exodus 1–2 Moses was one of the very few surviving Hebrew boys …

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The slave is ‘one of your own’

December 9, 2014

Paul’s letter to the believers in Colossae: Colossians 1–4 Along with Paul’s letter to Philemon, Paul sent a letter to …

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Your slave is your brother

December 8, 2014

Paul’s letter to Philemon In a society where slavery was normal, an escaped slave who had stolen money (probably to …

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Social justice and holiness

March 18, 2014

Rules, rights and regulations: Deuteronomy 21–25 It is now fashionable to talk about social justice, but rarely is it acceptable …

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Tithes and the poor

March 16, 2014

The cost of idolatry, giving tithes and other rules: Deuteronomy 13–16:17 Does God really want the poor to stay poor …

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The Law starts here

February 6, 2014

The ten commandments and other rules: Exodus 20–23:19 God’s started His instruction for how the people should live. He spoke …

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