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The Frustrated God

“Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.”  Exodus 32:10  NASB Let me alone – Did God intend to destroy Israel?  Did Moses change God’s mind?  These two questions, and the answers you give, really reveal your exegetical…
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Injuring God

The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. Genesis 6:6  NASB Was sorry – This verse is a problem for most theologians.  It’s not a problem because we can’t understand the words.  It’s a problem because theology doesn’t think of God in biblical terms.  Theology is the victim…
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Empathy

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7  NASB He cares – Peter writes to those who are anxious, suffering, and confused.  They believe.  They live according to their beliefs.  The Messiah is…
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Forced Rest

However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:  Deuteronomy 28:15  NIV Curses – I’m writing this in April.  You’re reading it in July.  Hopefully what I have to say no longer applies,…
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Greco-Jewish Theology

Exalted be the living God* and praised,. He exists—unbounded by time is His existence.*  He is One—and there is no unity like His Oneness.  Morning Blessings, ArtScroll Siddur, p. 15 Unbounded by time – The line above is from the morning service in the Jewish Prayer Book.  The asterisks in the sentence indicate that there…
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John, the Philosopher

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.  1 John 1:1  NIV This we proclaim – If you read this text in the NIV, you would immediately be confronted with a…
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