Promise and Exploitation: Marital Abuse in the Genesis Narrative
The sad pattern holds as the gospel promise is clarified then followed by the specter of abuse.
The sad pattern holds as the gospel promise is clarified then followed by the specter of abuse.
We might be tempted to regard the sacrificial system’s rituals as mechanistic, as if they were mere fleshly ceremonies that were largely indifferent to the heart. This would be to miss the emphasis in Leviticus.
Ur had skilled artisans, but Abraham looked to a greater Designer and Builder, our powerful and trustworthy God.
We have goatherds to thank for some of our oldest copies of Scripture. The year 2022 marks 75 years since the monumental discovery.
It would’ve been easy for Jacob’s descendants to thumb their nose at their Edomite enemies. Christians face the same temptation.