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The New Covenant and the Forgiveness of Sins

The New Covenant and the Forgiveness of Sins

Because God is a forgiving God, He is a healing God! These two are inseparable accompaniments of each other. Our healing always touches multiple levels in varying proportions—the emotional, the spiritual and the physical. These are not separable categories in our lives. We cannot rigidly distinguish between emotional and spiritual illness, which inevitably also carry in them physical implication. God is concerned about the whole person: body, soul, spirit, mind, will, and emotions. So if we harbor grudges, offenses, anger,…

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The Parable of the Two Debtors – part 2 of 2

The Parable of the Two Debtors – part 2 of 2

Today, Pastor Steve Carpenter continues his exploration of Jesus’ Parable of Two Debtors from Luke 7:36–50. Jesus now places this (former) prostitute on a high pedestal for all to see, while at the same time giving a scathing indictment of Simon’s own rudeness. Jesus looks squarely at this woman, whom everyone else was trying to ignore, while at the same time speaking directly and pointedly to Simon the Pharisee.  To drive His point home to Simon He tells the Parable…

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All Grown Up Now

All Grown Up Now

Paul Trask continues making his way through Galatians by looking at a section of the text from 3:26 to 4:7, spanning a chapter break. Before looking at the content of this section, Paul spends some time looking at modern editorial features of our current Bibles, providing a historical context Chapter divisions Versification Red Letters Variety of modern features, i.e. capitalization, periods, commas, semi-colons, exclamation marks, hyphens, parentheses, paragraphing, section titling, etc. Be a demanding reader of the Bible, and feel…

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The Promise and the Seed of Abraham

The Promise and the Seed of Abraham

In today’s program, Paul Trask continues moving through his study of Galatians chapter 3 verses 15 through 18, and then verses 19 through 20. Through scripture, logic, legal principles and experience, the Apostle Paul now proceeds to debunk 2 Jewish presuppositions (thanks to scholar Richard Longenecker for the following phraseology). 1. “that the Mosaic law was meant by God to be a fuller expression of and a supplement to the Abrahamic covenant” Once duly established, legal contracts cannot be altered,…

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