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The Second Great Divide

Then you are to say to them, ‘It is because your forefathers have forsaken Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and have followed other gods and served them and bowed down to them; but Me they have forsaken and have not kept My law.  Jeremiah 16:11 NASB Law – There are two unbridgeable chasms between Christianity and Judaism.  The first,…
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A Pauline Paradox

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.  Ephesians 2:8-9  NASB Grace/works – I used to think I knew what Paul was writing about.  Decades ago, I had the right theological perspective on Paul.  He was…
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The Greater Commission

And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. Genesis 2:25  NASB Not ashamed – When you read this verse, what mental picture comes to mind?  Something like this:  (Rubens and Brueghel)?[1] We grew up with the 17th century version of Eden, complete with Nordic men and women.  Naked, of course,…
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Do You?

The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.  Mark 12:31  NASB As yourself – Does the psychology of the Bible require self-love before sacrificial love?  When both the Tanakh and the apostolic writings speak about loving your neighbor, the underlying condition seems to be…
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Fainting

A lion has roared! Who will not fear?  The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?  Amos 3:8  NASB Prophesy – At age twenty-one I graduated from my first university and moved to Switzerland.  “Why?” you might ask.  It was my desire and intention to sit at the feet of Francis Schaeffer.  A missions group I knew promised…
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