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  • The Challenge of James (I)

    The Challenge of James (I)

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    For this issue and the next, I take on the challenge of James. First, a general exploration, before I look at the unifying theme and coherence of its message (next time).

  • Do You Love the Law (David Did)? (Part 2)

    Do You Love the Law (David Did)? (Part 2)

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    Last month, I formulated a New Testament understanding of the law. Paul is emphatic that Christians are not “under the law,” because they have died to the law – all of it, not merely certain sections. It is possible to come away from such an exercise believing that the Old Testament law is therefore just…

  • Do You Love the Law (David Did)? (Part 1)

    Do You Love the Law (David Did)? (Part 1)

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    What, if anything, is our relationship with the Old Testament law? I was recently asked to teach an introduction to the Torah, the first five books of our Bible, in YWAM Heidebeek’s Bible for Life course. This gave me an opportunity to wrestle anew with this important question – important because it concerns a sizeable…