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GOD spoke to Moses: "Tell the People of Israel, When a man or woman commits any sin, the person has broken trust with GOD, is guilty, and must confess the sin. Full compensation plus twenty percent must be made to whoever was wronged. -Numbers 5:5-8 This idea of eroding trust through lying or sin is the same principle Andy Stanley was talking about.... I must admit, my Catholic upbringing at least kept the concept of sin in there and the need for confession and some sort of compensation. I'm not sure our current idea of a cavalier "sorry" is sufficient. Also, I think we have lost the connection that a sin against a man is a sin against God, that it transfers into the relationship this directly: "In line with the spirit of the Law which regarded sin against one’s fellowman as sin also against God (cf. Psa_51:4)" -BKC NOT directly related to this but relevant and intriguing nonetheless. From Clarke: 1. There is one doctrine relative to the economy o

"These general observations present the thoughtful reader with some perplexing questions, which I call the “tensions of the text.” These are troubling questions which occur to the reader as a result of grasping what is being said in the text. Such tensions are critical to good study and interpretation of the Bible, for I believe they are the means of finding the heart of the issue being taught, or what I call the “punch of the passage.” Let us consider the tensions which the above observations pose for the reader." -Bob Deffinbaugh Interesting comment...I feel like the Lord has really been pressing me to explore textual interpretative issues lately. More on punishment from the BBC: "Finally the incident shows that: . . . retribution was a basic principle of law; wrongs had to be righted. Softness brought the law into disrepute. The law of retaliation is scoffed at today in the Western world, but thoughtful people will not dismiss it. (a) In ancient society, punishment w

Genesis 1 & 2 http://sermons.redeemer.com/store/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_ID=29 http://download.redeemer.com/sermons/Literalism_Isnt_the_Bible_historic.mp3 http://timothykeller.com/images/uploads/pdf/TRFG_readinglist.pdf http://download.redeemer.com/rpcsermons/QandA/How_do_Genesis_1_and_Genesis_2_relate.mp3 Meredith Klein article on Genesis 2 Genesis 2 natural order http://download.redeemer.com/rpcsermons/QandA/How_do_Genesis_1_and_Genesis_2_relate.mp3 Ken Ham: http://theaquilareport.com/misrepresented-by-leading-pastor-tim-keller/ https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=194906137221527 http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2011/04/29/which-well-known-pastor-participated-in-this-pro-evolution-workshop/ http://biologos.org/blog/creation-evolution-and-christian-laypeople-part-1

From Spurgeon on the purpose of "types" in Exodus: "We look upon the book of Exodus as being a book of types of the deliverances which God will give to his elect people: not only as a history of what he has done, in bringing them out of Egypt by smiting the first-born, leading them through the Red Sea, and guiding them through the wilderness, but also as a picture of his faithful dealings with all his people, whom by the blood of Christ he separates from the Egyptians, and by his strong and mighty hand takes out of the house of their bondage and out of the land of their slavery." "I. First, consider THE MODE OF THEIR GOING OUT. When the children of Israel went out of Egypt it is a remarkable thing that they were forced out by the Egyptians.....Once, beloved, our sins kept us from Christ; but now every sin drives us to him for pardon. I had not known Christ if I had not known sin; I had not known a deliverer, if I had not smarted under the Egyptians. The Holy S