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Pardes: Jewish Exegesis Pt 4 ‘Sod’

We’ve spent that past three programs learning about the different levels of Jewish interpretation of the Bible. They’re incredibly fascinating and interesting, but the thing that comes through to me the most, is the absolute necessity and importance of maintaining and protecting the plain, obvious meaning of the text as it was originally written. All [...]

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The Way Up Is Down

‘He took the humble position.’ Philippians 2:7 NLT Jerusalem was surrounded by walls, and one of the ways into it was through Valley Gate. When Nehemiah rebuilt the walls, we’re told: ‘The people… rebuilt Valley Gate.’ (Nehemiah 3:13 CEV) In the Christian life there has to be a place for both ‘mountaintop experiences’ and ‘valley [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Joshua 22–24 27 There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, 28 and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 29 Now there [...]

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