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Zephaniah — Intro and Chapter 1

Posted on October 13, 2012 by ehurst

Intro The great-grandson of King Hezekiah, Zephaniah was part of the royal clan, a near relative to King Manasseh under whose reign he was born. This was the infamous king who drug Judah into every imaginable form of idolatry and … Continue reading →

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TMOC 7: All in the Family

Posted on October 13, 2012 by ehurst

We know Jesus possessed a prophetic insight. Some of His decisions arise directly from that, but this does not remove the purely human motives which surely fed into some of those choices. Too often Western Christians paint the scenes of … Continue reading →

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TMOC 6: Messianic Expectations

Posted on October 13, 2012 by ehurst

(I debated including this, so I’d like some feedback as to whether my readers think it matters.) We simply cannot hope to understand some of the events and conversations in the Gospels without realizing just what the Jews had in … Continue reading →

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Epistemology and the Fall (Updated)

Posted on October 12, 2012 by ehurst

I’m getting a trickle of questions about Jesus’ behavior, enough to start an outline, but most of them are rather late in His ministry. For the next chapter of our book it seems obvious to discuss biographical background and some … Continue reading →

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TMOC: Common Sense

Posted on October 11, 2012 by ehurst

(This is offered as a proposed fourth chapter of our book.) If you were born in Europe or the US during the past two centuries, your fundamental assumptions about reality are distinctly different from those the Bible. The West is … Continue reading →

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TMOC: Reign of Justice

Posted on October 11, 2012 by ehurst

(I offer this as a proposal for the third chapter in our book.) God portrays Himself consistently as a shepherd sheik. This is the fundamental image offered throughout the Bible, an Eastern potentate. He reigns absolutely over His domain. Unlike … Continue reading →

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TMOC: The Task

Posted on October 10, 2012 by ehurst

(This is offered as a proposal for the second chapter of our book.) If someone tells you Jesus was perfectly reasonable and consistent in His Hebrew logic, you would probably take that on faith. If we explain something of His … Continue reading →

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TMOC: Why Did He Do That?

Posted on October 10, 2012 by ehurst

We absorb God’s truth via His Spirit’s Presence in our souls. As one might expect, you learn the answers to your own soul’s questions. When it comes time to teach and share that truth, you need to know what questions … Continue reading →

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Your Own Divine Law

Posted on October 9, 2012 by ehurst

Jesus summed up the moral fabric of Creation by quoting two passages from Moses: Jesus said to him, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind’ (Deuteronomy 6:5). This is … Continue reading →

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TMOC: Apologia

Posted on October 8, 2012 by ehurst

Our book’s introduction should probably explain why we bothered put together yet one more publication with such a title. In 1 Corinthians 2, Paul explains in part why the Corinthians struggled so with the gospel message. At the end this … Continue reading →

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