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Category Archives: worldview
no vacancy
Exodus 1:1-7 1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each man with his family: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and … Continue reading
Pharaoh laid to rest
Ezekiel 32 The Egyptians had elaborate rituals and ceremonies, and built pyramids to equip and align (they thought) the bodies of their mighty ones just so that they could launch with pride into the next life. Ezekiel tells the Pharaoh … Continue reading
Posted in Ezekiel, relationship with God, sleep of death, worldview
Tagged Ezekiel 32
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upside down worldviews
Isaiah 29:1-30:17 The people would not inquire of the LORD nor listen to his prophet. Their worldview was upside down. They were God’s creation, yet they regarded him as the thing created. Listen, secular humanists and Marxists! They were made … Continue reading
God alone among the Gods
Psalm 86 This psalm seems to contradict itself, because it praises God for being unlike any of the other gods, and then states that the LORD alone is God. The other gods are spirit beings who attempt to control the … Continue reading
no secular jobs
1 Chronicles 26 Administrators and protectors of the the temple and its treasures were also appointed by David. He searched for men of great skill and proven leadership to assign. No task was left to chance. For David’s monarchy, there … Continue reading
best guesses
Job 40:6-42:6 The LORD first challenges Job, and Job quickly repents and submits. While Job was right to defend himself, he really did not understand God enough to explain what was happening to him. God describes two powerful creatures, showing … Continue reading
Posted in creation, humility, Job, submission, worldview
Tagged Job 40, Job 41, Job 42
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the good old days
Job 29 Listening to Job describe the kind of life he had lived, it is not hard to understand how much of a temptation he had to do as his wife had suggested: curse God and die. But Job remained … Continue reading
not fair
Job 21 Job’s therapists had been charging him with sin, and taking the calamity that had fallen upon him as evidence. Job replies – essentially – “what world do you live in?” In the world that Job knows about, justice … Continue reading
organized apostasy
Judges 18 This passage continues the depressing story of Micah and the Levite that began in chapter 17. The reader can see to what extent the Danites were moved by greed and resorted to violence and idolatry to get what … Continue reading
in retrospect: removing the shame
Deuteronomy 21-22:12 The culture to which these commands was originally given was an oriental, shame-based culture. The people in these cultures are primarily motivated by shame, experienced by the whole group, and not primarily by individual guilt. This explains the … Continue reading
Posted in church, consideration of others, glory, shame, worldview
Tagged Deuteronomy 21, Deuteronomy 22
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