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Deuteronomy Lesson 005
This document discusses several biblical passages and concepts:
- Gen. 22:15-18 discusses God's unconditional blessing of Abraham and his descendants.
- Gen. 17:1-14 discusses the sign of circumcision for Abraham and his descendants as beneficiaries of God's covenant.
- The Mosaic law from Mt. Sinai is based on God's past gracious actions toward Israel as recounted in the Bible.
Deut ppt-029
The document discusses why circumcision is traditionally performed on the 8th day after birth. It provides two clotting factors: 1) The baby's intestinal tract does not start manufacturing vitamin K, which is needed for clotting, until 5-7 days after birth. 2) The baby's prothrombin level, another clotting factor, peaks at 110% of normal on the 8th day, providing optimal clotting ability.
The document then provides an outline of the structure of chapters 6 and 7 in some biblical text. Chapter 6 covers commands and procedures for learning them, while the relationship with God. Chapter 7 addresses holy war procedures and the contractual relationship with God.
Deut 033
The document contrasts God's design for society with alternatives that jeopardize life, weaken marriage and family, disrespect labor and property, promote deceitful communication, and lead people's allegiance away from God and toward self. It also discusses biblical perspectives on directly experiencing suffering, indirectly experiencing suffering, and different coping strategies mentioned in the Bible.
Deut 034
The document discusses different perspectives on the problem of evil between Christians and pagans. It notes that from a Christian perspective, evil is abnormal and temporary, while goodness is forever normal. It also outlines different coping strategies in Christianity for direct and indirect suffering, as well as divine purposes for allowing suffering such as evangelism. In contrast, it notes that pagan religions like Baal worship view good and evil as in constant mix and struggle. The document then shifts to discussing tithing practices in Israel and obligations for Israelites, Ger, and Nokree. It closes with a quote from Tobit describing tithing practices.
Deut ppt-028
This document discusses different perspectives on whether humans should bow to a creator. It presents arguments for and against the idea of a personal, sovereign creator God versus impersonal fate or chance. The document also examines non-biblical answers to the question of who determines how one should live, discussing problems with moral relativism and subjectivism. Overall, it analyzes theological and philosophical viewpoints regarding humanity's relationship to a creator and the basis for moral authority.
Deut 060-slides
This document makes three main points:
1) Only the Hebrews made covenants with their gods or God according to scholar W.F. Albright.
2) Scholar Yehezkel Kaufmann notes that paganism does not have the continuous succession of prophets that were seen in Israelite history.
3) God's design for society protects life, strong families and labor, and values integrity and allegiance to God, whereas alternatives jeopardize these things and value self over God.
Recommandé
Deuteronomy Lesson 005
This document discusses several biblical passages and concepts:
- Gen. 22:15-18 discusses God's unconditional blessing of Abraham and his descendants.
- Gen. 17:1-14 discusses the sign of circumcision for Abraham and his descendants as beneficiaries of God's covenant.
- The Mosaic law from Mt. Sinai is based on God's past gracious actions toward Israel as recounted in the Bible.
Deut ppt-029
The document discusses why circumcision is traditionally performed on the 8th day after birth. It provides two clotting factors: 1) The baby's intestinal tract does not start manufacturing vitamin K, which is needed for clotting, until 5-7 days after birth. 2) The baby's prothrombin level, another clotting factor, peaks at 110% of normal on the 8th day, providing optimal clotting ability.
The document then provides an outline of the structure of chapters 6 and 7 in some biblical text. Chapter 6 covers commands and procedures for learning them, while the relationship with God. Chapter 7 addresses holy war procedures and the contractual relationship with God.
Deut 033
The document contrasts God's design for society with alternatives that jeopardize life, weaken marriage and family, disrespect labor and property, promote deceitful communication, and lead people's allegiance away from God and toward self. It also discusses biblical perspectives on directly experiencing suffering, indirectly experiencing suffering, and different coping strategies mentioned in the Bible.
Deut 034
The document discusses different perspectives on the problem of evil between Christians and pagans. It notes that from a Christian perspective, evil is abnormal and temporary, while goodness is forever normal. It also outlines different coping strategies in Christianity for direct and indirect suffering, as well as divine purposes for allowing suffering such as evangelism. In contrast, it notes that pagan religions like Baal worship view good and evil as in constant mix and struggle. The document then shifts to discussing tithing practices in Israel and obligations for Israelites, Ger, and Nokree. It closes with a quote from Tobit describing tithing practices.
Deut ppt-028
This document discusses different perspectives on whether humans should bow to a creator. It presents arguments for and against the idea of a personal, sovereign creator God versus impersonal fate or chance. The document also examines non-biblical answers to the question of who determines how one should live, discussing problems with moral relativism and subjectivism. Overall, it analyzes theological and philosophical viewpoints regarding humanity's relationship to a creator and the basis for moral authority.
Deut 060-slides
This document makes three main points:
1) Only the Hebrews made covenants with their gods or God according to scholar W.F. Albright.
2) Scholar Yehezkel Kaufmann notes that paganism does not have the continuous succession of prophets that were seen in Israelite history.
3) God's design for society protects life, strong families and labor, and values integrity and allegiance to God, whereas alternatives jeopardize these things and value self over God.
Deuteronomy Lesson 002
This document compares the structure of Deuteronomy to Suzerain-Vassal treaties from the Hittite kingdom in the late Bronze Age. It finds similarities in the historical prologue, stipulations of obligations, blessings and curses for obeying or disobeying the law, and provisions for periodic public readings to maintain continuity. These similarities suggest Deuteronomy was structured as divine revelation and instruction for Israel rather than being a product of random social dynamics.
Deut 044
The document discusses biblical passages related to civil government and holy war. It references Genesis 9:6 which states that whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood will be shed, as man is made in God's image. It also discusses passages from the Mari correspondence and Josephus related to procedures for holy war and exempting newly married or those who have recently built homes or planted vineyards. Finally, it discusses Meredith Kline's view that the Old Testament anticipation of final judgment could not be applied universally or it would terminate the age of grace for nations and nullify God's promise to bless all nations through Abraham.
Deut 050-slides
The document discusses different groups within ancient Israelite society and their status or responsibilities. It describes Israelites as fully responsible to obey God's law out of gratitude for being delivered from Egypt and receiving inheritance of tribal lands. Widows and orphans lacked inheritance but received some protections. Foreigners who chose to join Israel received some protections but not inheritance, while temporary foreign residents received no protections. It also discusses factors affecting interest rates for domestic versus foreign loans, and how integrity in communication increases productivity and cooperation in a society.
Deut ppt-013
The document outlines a logical sequence of events that leads to social destruction: Rebellion against God leads to a sense of guilt and vulnerability to deception, which leads to suppressing the truth and being deceived by Satan, perverting one's sense of dominion and attempting to re-engineer reality without God, resulting in idolatry. Idolatry combined with human weakness leads to immorality and the destruction of society.
Deut 053-slides
This document discusses God's design for an ideal society and contrasts it with a non-ideal society. It outlines key aspects of society that are protected or jeopardized, strengthened or weakened, depending on whether the heart allegiance is to God or self. These aspects include life, marriage and family, labor and property, integrity of communication, and social order.
Deut ppt-015
This document discusses several biblical concepts:
1) The "aseity" of God refers to God's independence and self-contained nature, unlike dependent creatures.
2) The "condescension" of God means that he "comes down" to interact with humanity on our level through conversation and covenant-making.
3) The Abrahamic covenant involved God unconditionally blessing Abraham and his descendants based solely on God's goodwill and Abraham's loyalty.
Deut 039
The document discusses principles of law and governance from several perspectives. It quotes experts emphasizing the importance of clear and certain laws to protect property rights and prevent arbitrary deprivation of possessions. It also quotes the US Constitution prohibiting religious tests for public offices. Further, it lists attempts to replace traditional Christianity in schools with a "German faith" and arrest pastors for political teachings, before quoting figures upholding obedience to God over human authority in matters of faith.
Deut ppt-014
Ideologies help reduce the intensity of the "orientation response" - the stress of encountering something novel that challenges one's worldview. Ideologies act as mental filing cabinets that allow people to quickly recognize familiar elements in new stimuli, putting them at ease. This is because ideologies have empty categories ready to incorporate new information in a way that confirms preexisting beliefs. As a result, ideologies serve to lessen the frequency and strength of disruptive orientation responses to unfamiliar or challenging facts or events.
Deut Ppt 007
The document discusses the Abrahamic Covenant between God and Abraham from Genesis. It establishes that the covenant is unconditional, with God blessing Abraham and his descendants solely based on God's goodwill, not on anything Abraham does. The covenant is compared to the ancient royal grant model where a superior would bless an inferior without conditions. Later passages discuss Abraham's family tree and the lands of Ammon, Moab, and Edom.
Deut 035
The document describes different people groups and their status in Israel according to their relationship to Yahweh and inheritance rights. It also summarizes the first four of the Ten Commandments concerning religious and cultural practices unique to Israel's covenant with God. Additionally, it provides equations for the balance of trade and components of interest rates as they differed between Israel and pagan nations.
Deut ppt-011
This document discusses various perspectives on the relationship between humanity and God/creator. It contrasts an ancient monotheistic view that humans should bow to their creator, with other ancient and modern views that see continuity between nature, gods, and humanity or that see fate/chance as ultimate. It also discusses concepts of justice, natural rights, social good, and positive law. Finally, it examines the uniqueness of Israelite prophecy and God's revealed sanctions against Israel in response to moral breaches.
Deut notes-022
The document contrasts two different designs for society - one based on God's design and one not. God's design protects and respects life, marriage and family, labor and property, integrity of communication, and allegiance to God. An alternative design jeopardizes life, leads to weak and dysfunctional families, demeans labor and wastes property, involves deceitful communication for agendas, and promotes allegiance to self rather than God. The document emphasizes that God, as revealed in the Bible, provides the proper framework for interpreting life and history correctly.
Deuteronomy Lesson 004
The document discusses the Israelites' rebellion at Kadesh Barnea after the 12 spies returned from scouting out the promised land. It makes 3 main points:
1) The Israelites' lack of faith and rebellion would be known among the nations as a failure of God.
2) Moses interceded for the nation, asking God to forgive them and let the nation survive so His glory would not be compromised.
3) God's glory and forgiveness through substitutionary atonement are non-negotiable, forming the basis for Moses' intercessory prayer with God to save the nation.
Deut ppt-020
The document outlines key events and doctrines in the Old Testament such as Creation, the Fall, Flood, covenant with Abraham, Exodus, and rise and fall of the kingdom of Israel. It then discusses God's design for society, including having allegiance to God rather than self, integrity in communication, respecting labor and property, strong families, and protecting life. It also notes a quote by C.S. Lewis about modern views of God.
Deut 001-slides
This document provides a timeline of key events related to the Temple in Jerusalem from 1500 BC to 586 BC. It notes Moses receiving the Torah around 1500 BC and Josiah's reforms around 1000 BC. It then discusses scholarly debates around the dating of the final edition of the Book of Deuteronomy, with some arguing it was around the 7th century BC rather than earlier.
Deut 046-slides
This document discusses the structure and content of chapters 6 and 7 in the book of Deuteronomy. Chapter 6 focuses on commands and procedures for learning obedience, as well as the relationship with God. Chapter 7 addresses holy war procedures and the contractual relationship with God. The document then discusses the role of family versus the state in various areas of life such as wealth, health care, and child rearing. It argues that transferring responsibility to the state weakens family structures.
Deut 040
The document outlines the evolution of Israel's government from its earliest stages to a later system with greater complexity. It started as a theocracy led by Moses and elders of the 12 tribes, and gradually developed officers, judges, and a supreme court to manage different regions while still being united under God's law. A second excerpt discusses key aspects of ancient Egyptian religion like its view of a static, unchanging universe and how that influenced their belief in established authority and rejection of change.
Deut notes-025
The document discusses the importance of the heart in both biblical and scientific contexts. Biblically, it discusses verses that emphasize keeping God's commandments in one's heart and God searching people's hearts. Scientifically, it notes the heart is connected to the brain and body through neurological, biochemical, biophysical, and energetic pathways. A person's heart reveals their inner nature.
Deut notes-023
The document discusses God's design for society and contrasts aspects that are aligned with God versus not aligned. Key aspects discussed include life, marriage and family, labor and property, integrity of communication, and heart allegiance. The document also discusses doctrines of revelation and inspiration, outlining that revelation includes verbal, personal, historical, comprehensive and prophetic aspects. Inspiration involves dual authorship between human and divine, is verbal and plenary, and provides a sufficient subset of revelation that is infallible. The final section provides an outline for chapters 6 and 7 of the document.
Colleges Denying the Only Real Source of Truth – God
This document describes the author's experiences in college courses that have challenged their religious beliefs. It discusses classes on topics like same-sex marriage that went against the author's views. It also describes philosophy club meetings where the existence of absolute morality and God were debated. The author feels some course content and teachings can be considered blasphemous. They feel their faith is being discredited, their intelligence questioned, and their dissent ignored.
Keeping Faithful to Our Lord in an Increasingly Hostile Culture
7-part Labor Day Conference series at North Stonington Bible Church on September 3-4, 2016
Audio: http://www.bibleframework.com/lessons/keeping-faithful-hostile-culture/
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Using Romans 12:1-2 as the theme, this 7-part Labor Day series deals with how to avoid being “conformed to this age” by having our minds “transformed.” Paul’s warning certainly applies to Bible-believing Christians living in our increasingly hostile culture—a culture using the secular public schools, the media, and government leadership to forcefully, continually and ubiquitously mold U.S. population into suppressing God in every important area of life.
As this new series moves from creation to the conquest, I point to specific cultural agendas that by substituting fictional counter-notions seek to suppress what God shows about Himself in each event. I also cite by number the exact Power Point slide I am using so you can refer to the accompanying slide as you listen to the audio. Included in this series is the complete handout for note-taking. I hope you will feel less intimidated when you see the flimsy foundations under these fictional substitutes for Biblical revelation. May you be encouraged to see the corresponding strength of the Word of God at each point—strength you can rely upon to remain faithful to our Lord!
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Deuteronomy Lesson 002
This document compares the structure of Deuteronomy to Suzerain-Vassal treaties from the Hittite kingdom in the late Bronze Age. It finds similarities in the historical prologue, stipulations of obligations, blessings and curses for obeying or disobeying the law, and provisions for periodic public readings to maintain continuity. These similarities suggest Deuteronomy was structured as divine revelation and instruction for Israel rather than being a product of random social dynamics.
Deut 044
The document discusses biblical passages related to civil government and holy war. It references Genesis 9:6 which states that whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood will be shed, as man is made in God's image. It also discusses passages from the Mari correspondence and Josephus related to procedures for holy war and exempting newly married or those who have recently built homes or planted vineyards. Finally, it discusses Meredith Kline's view that the Old Testament anticipation of final judgment could not be applied universally or it would terminate the age of grace for nations and nullify God's promise to bless all nations through Abraham.
Deut 050-slides
The document discusses different groups within ancient Israelite society and their status or responsibilities. It describes Israelites as fully responsible to obey God's law out of gratitude for being delivered from Egypt and receiving inheritance of tribal lands. Widows and orphans lacked inheritance but received some protections. Foreigners who chose to join Israel received some protections but not inheritance, while temporary foreign residents received no protections. It also discusses factors affecting interest rates for domestic versus foreign loans, and how integrity in communication increases productivity and cooperation in a society.
Deut ppt-013
The document outlines a logical sequence of events that leads to social destruction: Rebellion against God leads to a sense of guilt and vulnerability to deception, which leads to suppressing the truth and being deceived by Satan, perverting one's sense of dominion and attempting to re-engineer reality without God, resulting in idolatry. Idolatry combined with human weakness leads to immorality and the destruction of society.
Deut 053-slides
This document discusses God's design for an ideal society and contrasts it with a non-ideal society. It outlines key aspects of society that are protected or jeopardized, strengthened or weakened, depending on whether the heart allegiance is to God or self. These aspects include life, marriage and family, labor and property, integrity of communication, and social order.
Deut ppt-015
This document discusses several biblical concepts:
1) The "aseity" of God refers to God's independence and self-contained nature, unlike dependent creatures.
2) The "condescension" of God means that he "comes down" to interact with humanity on our level through conversation and covenant-making.
3) The Abrahamic covenant involved God unconditionally blessing Abraham and his descendants based solely on God's goodwill and Abraham's loyalty.
Deut 039
The document discusses principles of law and governance from several perspectives. It quotes experts emphasizing the importance of clear and certain laws to protect property rights and prevent arbitrary deprivation of possessions. It also quotes the US Constitution prohibiting religious tests for public offices. Further, it lists attempts to replace traditional Christianity in schools with a "German faith" and arrest pastors for political teachings, before quoting figures upholding obedience to God over human authority in matters of faith.
Deut ppt-014
Ideologies help reduce the intensity of the "orientation response" - the stress of encountering something novel that challenges one's worldview. Ideologies act as mental filing cabinets that allow people to quickly recognize familiar elements in new stimuli, putting them at ease. This is because ideologies have empty categories ready to incorporate new information in a way that confirms preexisting beliefs. As a result, ideologies serve to lessen the frequency and strength of disruptive orientation responses to unfamiliar or challenging facts or events.
Deut Ppt 007
The document discusses the Abrahamic Covenant between God and Abraham from Genesis. It establishes that the covenant is unconditional, with God blessing Abraham and his descendants solely based on God's goodwill, not on anything Abraham does. The covenant is compared to the ancient royal grant model where a superior would bless an inferior without conditions. Later passages discuss Abraham's family tree and the lands of Ammon, Moab, and Edom.
Deut 035
The document describes different people groups and their status in Israel according to their relationship to Yahweh and inheritance rights. It also summarizes the first four of the Ten Commandments concerning religious and cultural practices unique to Israel's covenant with God. Additionally, it provides equations for the balance of trade and components of interest rates as they differed between Israel and pagan nations.
Deut ppt-011
This document discusses various perspectives on the relationship between humanity and God/creator. It contrasts an ancient monotheistic view that humans should bow to their creator, with other ancient and modern views that see continuity between nature, gods, and humanity or that see fate/chance as ultimate. It also discusses concepts of justice, natural rights, social good, and positive law. Finally, it examines the uniqueness of Israelite prophecy and God's revealed sanctions against Israel in response to moral breaches.
Deut notes-022
The document contrasts two different designs for society - one based on God's design and one not. God's design protects and respects life, marriage and family, labor and property, integrity of communication, and allegiance to God. An alternative design jeopardizes life, leads to weak and dysfunctional families, demeans labor and wastes property, involves deceitful communication for agendas, and promotes allegiance to self rather than God. The document emphasizes that God, as revealed in the Bible, provides the proper framework for interpreting life and history correctly.
Deuteronomy Lesson 004
The document discusses the Israelites' rebellion at Kadesh Barnea after the 12 spies returned from scouting out the promised land. It makes 3 main points:
1) The Israelites' lack of faith and rebellion would be known among the nations as a failure of God.
2) Moses interceded for the nation, asking God to forgive them and let the nation survive so His glory would not be compromised.
3) God's glory and forgiveness through substitutionary atonement are non-negotiable, forming the basis for Moses' intercessory prayer with God to save the nation.
Deut ppt-020
The document outlines key events and doctrines in the Old Testament such as Creation, the Fall, Flood, covenant with Abraham, Exodus, and rise and fall of the kingdom of Israel. It then discusses God's design for society, including having allegiance to God rather than self, integrity in communication, respecting labor and property, strong families, and protecting life. It also notes a quote by C.S. Lewis about modern views of God.
Deut 001-slides
This document provides a timeline of key events related to the Temple in Jerusalem from 1500 BC to 586 BC. It notes Moses receiving the Torah around 1500 BC and Josiah's reforms around 1000 BC. It then discusses scholarly debates around the dating of the final edition of the Book of Deuteronomy, with some arguing it was around the 7th century BC rather than earlier.
Deut 046-slides
This document discusses the structure and content of chapters 6 and 7 in the book of Deuteronomy. Chapter 6 focuses on commands and procedures for learning obedience, as well as the relationship with God. Chapter 7 addresses holy war procedures and the contractual relationship with God. The document then discusses the role of family versus the state in various areas of life such as wealth, health care, and child rearing. It argues that transferring responsibility to the state weakens family structures.
Deut 040
The document outlines the evolution of Israel's government from its earliest stages to a later system with greater complexity. It started as a theocracy led by Moses and elders of the 12 tribes, and gradually developed officers, judges, and a supreme court to manage different regions while still being united under God's law. A second excerpt discusses key aspects of ancient Egyptian religion like its view of a static, unchanging universe and how that influenced their belief in established authority and rejection of change.
Deut notes-025
The document discusses the importance of the heart in both biblical and scientific contexts. Biblically, it discusses verses that emphasize keeping God's commandments in one's heart and God searching people's hearts. Scientifically, it notes the heart is connected to the brain and body through neurological, biochemical, biophysical, and energetic pathways. A person's heart reveals their inner nature.
Deut notes-023
The document discusses God's design for society and contrasts aspects that are aligned with God versus not aligned. Key aspects discussed include life, marriage and family, labor and property, integrity of communication, and heart allegiance. The document also discusses doctrines of revelation and inspiration, outlining that revelation includes verbal, personal, historical, comprehensive and prophetic aspects. Inspiration involves dual authorship between human and divine, is verbal and plenary, and provides a sufficient subset of revelation that is infallible. The final section provides an outline for chapters 6 and 7 of the document.
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Plus de Jeff Phipps
Colleges Denying the Only Real Source of Truth – God
This document describes the author's experiences in college courses that have challenged their religious beliefs. It discusses classes on topics like same-sex marriage that went against the author's views. It also describes philosophy club meetings where the existence of absolute morality and God were debated. The author feels some course content and teachings can be considered blasphemous. They feel their faith is being discredited, their intelligence questioned, and their dissent ignored.
Keeping Faithful to Our Lord in an Increasingly Hostile Culture
7-part Labor Day Conference series at North Stonington Bible Church on September 3-4, 2016
Audio: http://www.bibleframework.com/lessons/keeping-faithful-hostile-culture/
------------
Using Romans 12:1-2 as the theme, this 7-part Labor Day series deals with how to avoid being “conformed to this age” by having our minds “transformed.” Paul’s warning certainly applies to Bible-believing Christians living in our increasingly hostile culture—a culture using the secular public schools, the media, and government leadership to forcefully, continually and ubiquitously mold U.S. population into suppressing God in every important area of life.
As this new series moves from creation to the conquest, I point to specific cultural agendas that by substituting fictional counter-notions seek to suppress what God shows about Himself in each event. I also cite by number the exact Power Point slide I am using so you can refer to the accompanying slide as you listen to the audio. Included in this series is the complete handout for note-taking. I hope you will feel less intimidated when you see the flimsy foundations under these fictional substitutes for Biblical revelation. May you be encouraged to see the corresponding strength of the Word of God at each point—strength you can rely upon to remain faithful to our Lord!
Law, Grace & Citizenship
The document discusses secular legal hostility toward biblical faith and homeschooling. It summarizes views that argue government should limit what religious parents teach their homeschooled children and that parental control over education comes from the state, not the other way around. The document also presents opposing views that argue people should be able to bow to their creator and that distinctions between good and evil are meant to be temporary in creation according to a Christian perspective.
Doctrine of Labor
The document discusses key concepts regarding labor from a biblical perspective, including:
- Labor creates value and reveals character like God's creative work.
- The Sabbatical principle recognizes labor as necessary but not sufficient.
- Envy results from being angry at God over perceived differences in rewards.
- Theft tries to bypass God's design linking labor and reward.
- The family is the normative unit for organizing labor.
- The ultimate goal of labor is not material wealth but life lived in God's presence.
Global Warming
This document discusses various perspectives on global warming, including scientific theories, historical climate data, and biblical views. It examines the claims of prominent scientists on both sides of the debate. Key topics analyzed include the Medieval Warm Period, temperature reconstruction methods, natural variability in climate, and Christian responses to environmental issues. The document advocates a biblical stewardship approach to nature guided by revelation.
Deut 067-slides
Man has dominion over nature through empirical knowledge that corresponds to nature's design, but scientific knowledge is limited to observable spatial and temporal domains. Special assumptions beyond observation are needed to understand the unobservable past and future. Three future events for Israel include a 900-year outworking of blessing and cursing, eventual perception of Israel's unique historic role, and national repentance.
Deut 066-slides
God presented the Israelites with a linear and progressive theory of history, allowing them to extend the covenant over centuries rather than follow the cyclical view of time common in other ancient societies. By giving them faith in the future through the covenant, the Israelites gained a long-term orientation and an "upper-class mentality" that could provide a way out of poverty, with neither linear time nor the concept of growth found elsewhere.
Deut 065-slides
This document outlines 3 fundamental questions about reality, knowledge, and ethics. It asks what reality and existence are truly about, how we can recognize truth, and if justice exists and how we can identify it, representing metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical questions respectively.
Deut 064-slides
This document discusses the moral and spiritual principles that govern nations. It states that while these principles always apply, the consequences for violating them are often delayed. This creates a lag between actions and their effects that can obscure their connection. The document uses the example of ancient Israel, arguing that God's moral governance over it as his mediatorial kingdom was both declared at Sinai and demonstrated through immediate divine sanctions recorded in their history.
Deut 063-slides
This document provides a table listing major religious and philosophical traditions that emerged around 600 BCE, including Zoroastrianism in Persia, Jainism and Buddhism in India, Taoism and Confucianism in China, and the development of Upanishads and Vedanta monism in India. It also includes two quotes discussing early Greek philosophers' assumption that the universe is intelligible and orderly, and how Darwin's theory of evolution was seen as liberating because it replaced the idea of an arbitrary personal God.
Deut 062-slides
This document provides a table listing major religious and philosophical traditions that emerged around 600 BCE, including Zoroastrianism in Persia, Jainism and Buddhism in India, Taoism and Confucianism in China, and the development of Upanishads and Vedanta monism in India. It also includes two quotes discussing early Greek philosophers' assumption that the universe is intelligible and ordered, and how Darwin's theory of evolution was seen as liberating because it replaced the idea of an arbitrary personal God.
Deut 061-slides
The document contrasts God's design for society with a society that rejects God. God's design protects life, supports strong families and productive work, and values truth and allegiance to God. A society rejecting God jeopardizes life, has weak families and wasted work, and values deceit and self-interest over truth and God.
Deut 059-slides
The document outlines the spring and fall cycles of celebrations in ancient Israel, the fulfillments they represented, and relationships to tithing. The spring cycle included Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, and Pentecost. The fall cycle included Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Feast of Tabernacles. Israelites were required to give three tithes, while Ger and Nokree were exempted from some or all.
Deut 058-slides
This document discusses the importance of stable and clear rules in society for promoting prosperity and productivity. It argues that unclear or changing rules encourage people to spend more time trying to manipulate rules for their own benefit rather than engaging in productive activities. When rules are not stable or just, it puts society at risk. The document advocates for a society defined by stable, legitimate, and just rules in order to encourage entrepreneurship and productive engagement.
Deut 058-slides
This document discusses factors that contribute to prosperity and certainty in law and society. It argues that strong, functioning families and respect for marriage, life, labor and property support prosperity, while weak families, disrespect for these institutions undermine prosperity and legal certainty. It also discusses how stable, just rules that encourage entrepreneurship are important for productivity, while unstable, changing rules that incentivize lobbying undermine these.
Deut 058-slides
This document discusses factors that contribute to prosperity and certainty in law and society. It argues that strong, functioning families and respect for marriage, life, labor and property support prosperity, while weak families, disrespect for these institutions undermine prosperity and legal certainty. It also discusses how stable, just rules that encourage entrepreneurship are important for productivity, while unstable, changing rules that incentivize lobbying undermine productivity.
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Colleges Denying the Only Real Source of Truth – God
Colleges Denying the Only Real Source of Truth – God
Keeping Faithful to Our Lord in an Increasingly Hostile Culture
Keeping Faithful to Our Lord in an Increasingly Hostile Culture