I took a small detour from Life Lessons from Abraham to talk about Life Lessons from Lot, but now that we’re back on Abraham’s life, we will be talking about God’s covenant with Abraham. You can also go back to the last issue on Abraham’s life. In this issue, we…
We are continuing to track with Noah’s story, and we have finally reached this section about God’s covenant with Noah. We will be looking at the details of the covenant and looking into covenants and signs. Noah had just taken of the clean animals and built an altar to offer…
Why do the Old Testament laws have penalties like stoning people to death whereas we don’t do these things in the New Testament era? Perhaps I can describe the old covenant laws in three phases. You have the law that points out God’s expectation for the community. When the people…