Torah Matters

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Part III: A Final Layer

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In his farewell message, Moses writes 11 curses he wants the Israelites to vocalize when they enter the promised land. There is a twelfth cu...

Part II: Another Layer

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Jesus pronounces eight blessings to an audience on one mountain, eight curses to an audience on a different mountain. His blessings are spok...

Part I: The 8 Blessings, The 8 Curses & Their Symmetry

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Have you ever connected the blessings and curses pronounced by Jesus on two mountains? The blessings are found in Matthew 5; the curses are ...

Judah in Three Acts

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Judah is an important figure, a character we should want to understand. But dig into his story and it gets  complicated. He seems like two d...

My Take on Gentile Inclusion - Helpful Parallels

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In my view, the Torah provides two pictures to help us understand Gentile inclusion into the commonwealth of Israel and the covenants of pro...

Buried Treasure: Rachel’s Last Call for Confession

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There’s a treasure of a story beneath the surface narrative of Genesis 31-35. It’s quiet though, buried between and underneath details, so w...
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