Category Archives: israel
A Look At Balaam
I’ve been studying the Pentateuch, specifically spending time in the book of Numbers, and I wanted to record some notes on Balaam the Prophet. He comes up three times in the New Testament, and always with a negative view as a prototype for a specific type of teacher.
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Prayer Mondays: Solomon
Barring my faulty memory (and if I’m not lazy) I want to post prayers on Monday from all over Church History and then throughout the modern day, and then my own. This one comes from pre-Church history, for Israel, by King Solomon in 1 Kings 8:22-30. Technorati Tags: israel, prayer, prayer mondays, solomon
A Bird’s Eye View and Numbers 20-25
One of the funniest, and oddest, perspectives is the bird’s eye view. I personally don’t like getting to that perspective—shooting down the runaway until it almost ends, catapulting into the air, and praying that nothing happens. But the perspective is extremely helpful—in criminal cases, for example. You know, there goes the criminal, driving down the [...]
Corporate Identity in The Pentateuch
Corporate Solidarity, if you recall, is this notion that the many (individuals) unite to the one over them by their identification with that one. This view differs from federal headship (where the corporate is represented by the head of the covenant) and corporate personhood (where the individual is subsumed in the identity of the one [...]
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Three Levels Contra Practicing “Freedom” in 1 Cor 8-10