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repair the ravages of human sinfulness" (OBrien, 1999, p. 16). However, the allure of worldliness proved too much for the Israeli...

of benefits an individual receives as the result of following Gods law in the Old Testament and by believing in and entrusting one...

codified into groups of laws, established the basis of laws established in future cultures. While punishments were severe, they re...

Old Testament as a straightforward history. Rather, both men advocate that these texts emerged as a "self-defining narrative of a ...

the "restored kingdom of David" (Hahn 28). Matthews Gospel perfectly typifies what Augustine meant when he commented that the "N...

phrase could mean the individual had a special relationship with God, therefore, they must learn the meaning of this in terms of J...

this festival secretly because He knew people were debating who He was (John 7:10). People were already plotting against Him (Keme...

King Sauls successor, as God has rejected Saul due to his disobedience.ix When Samuel comes to the house of Jesse in Bethlehem to ...

out by Nehemiah in two sets, initially and then, upon his return (Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897). The Book of Nehemiah informs t...

to bring a great flood that would cover the earth but Noah was a righteous man and God decided to save humanity through Noah and H...

no historical value to the Book of Esther and that it is a "work of the imagination, written for the purpose of popularizing the f...

under them split asunder; and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonge...

Testament, these words generally refer to "service associated with the work done in the temple."6 In the New Testament, these word...

A devout person will say that he or she "sees" "God in all things" (Hodges 101). This person is referring to an act of "intuitive ...

Both from biblical and theological perspectives, scholars have increasingly recognized the distortions that have crept into the Ch...

Testament Law and the Ten Commandments express this relationship (Out of Egypt, 2003). One of the first examples of Gods...

special messages to the people. Jonah, who refused to take the message the Lord gave him into Nineveh, suffered the consequences o...

early restrictions and their application to Mosaic law, as well as an understanding of the role of Moses, are elements important i...

chapter, and discusses what God has done for the people of Israel. In this Sermon, Moses relates the actions that were taken that...

God Abraham received was detailed in Genesis as follows: "Go forth from your native land / And from your fathers house / And I wil...

Will Salvation Take You? 2004). The Bible specifically states that it is salvation that is the key to opening the kingdom of hea...

first part of the reign of Josiah (640-609 BCE) (Exegetical helps, 2004). The words of Zephaniah reflect the faithlessness of the...

of Joshua (chs. 23-24) (Strange, 2002). A really interesting element in chapter 24 is its setting, as the entirety of its story ta...

as his twelve disciples, and the authors of the books of the New Testament, as well as the vast majority of the earliest Christian...

meeting with the other man, calling in elders and others to witness the exchange. The other man renounces his claim and takes off ...

following Gods first message to move but he did not wait to see if God would tell him the best path to take. There are certain par...

prophets was to convey a message from God to the People. They received the divine messages differently, some in a dream, some in a...

conflict with them but he avoided that. He could foresee that getting into a serious argument with his enemies would lead to unnec...

phrases use in the Gospels is that is used exclusively by Christ and is never employed by his disciples or others, nor by early Ch...

be very difficult because it had armor-like scales that were so close they did not even let in air. The mystery may be solved. A f...