by Justin Marple | May 16, 2011 | Deuteronomy Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
Deuteronomy: The Prologue 1:1-5Deuteronomy begins with a prologue (Deut 1:1-5). The effect of this prologue is to emphasize that this book contains the last word on the words of Moses. The setting is “beyond the Jordan” (from the perspective of being in the Promised...
by Justin Marple | May 15, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 30 (click here to read or hear the whole passage, I only read selected verses for length) shows the people of Judah saying to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things,...
by Justin Marple | May 8, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 29 shows us how much the people of Judah had turned things upside down. When they tell their maker, “You did not make me,” it would be like us telling our mother, “You did not give birth to me, but I gave birth to you.” Isaiah mentions...
by Justin Marple | May 1, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 28 is a difficult passage to understand because of the distance we have from it politically and religiously. But the people of Israel and Judah did not understand it in a different way — they did not understand it with their hearts, they did not believe...
by Justin Marple | Apr 24, 2011 | Arwen, FAMILY, Josiah
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