July 2, 2014
Inheritance (or, possession) occurs fifty times in the book of Joshua, and everyone of them, except for five (11:23; 23:4; 24:28,30,32), occur in chapters 12-21. Further, the verb “to possess or inherit” occurs nine times in Joshua, eight times in Joshua 13-21. So, fifty-three of the fifty-nine occurrences of this word group occur in Joshua […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Creation, Eschatology, Inheritance, Joshua, Joshua 13-21, New Creation, New Heaven and New Earth, Peace, Rest |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 29, 2014
Before the movie, first the biblical story…or at least my reading of that story…. This is not a children’s story. The animals going into the ark two by two do make a classic VBS song and it certainly makes a great flannel graph. But this story is more like a horror movie than a Disney […]
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Biblical Texts, Theology | Tagged: Creation, Ecology, Environment, Eschatology, Flood, Genesis 6-9, Noah, Rest, Sabbath, Violence |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks