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Why Would a Man Sell His Daughter Into Slavery (Exodus 21)?

This article is part of a series on thorny questions in the Bible and how to understand them. You’ll find essential principles for Biblical interpretation in the first article in the series. Slavery is one of the thorniest subjects a Westerner can wrestle with when studying the Scriptures. Add to it the idea of a man selling his own daughter into slavery and you have a veritable bramble bush! Yet, as we discovered in our previous article on slavery in the Ancient Near East (ANE), when we consider this difficult topic in light of its cultural context, we discover that...

Angie Velasquez Thornton

Should We Say “Don’t Be Political?”

Wyatt Graham

I recently spoke to a teacher who, on the very next day, would enter into a classroom in which he was asked to use preferred pronouns for his students. By using preferred pronouns, this teacher would find himself either affirming or denying a way of life in Canada. Would he affirm that Canadians can and should define their identity based on choice of will? Or would he avoid using pronouns because he disagreed with current political trends? That is the real question. And it is a political-theological question. No, I do not mean voting for a politician or party but...

“Proverbs Aren’t Promises” Is True

Paul Carter

Peter Krol recently wrote (or actually re-wrote) an article called “Why ‘Proverbs Aren’t Promises’ is Misleading”. In the opening paragraph he admits that he is really directing his argument against those who intensify this admittedly ubiquitous argument beyond all reasonable bounds: “Though it has roots in careful thinking about the genre of wisdom literature, this advice often goes too far and misses the point of the proverbs.” Thus, contrary to the very clickable title, it would seem to be those who go too far with their interpretation and who intensify the principle beyond appropriate limits that are the target of his...

Why Is an Arrogant Man Never at Rest?

Wyatt Graham

God told the prophet Habakkuk, “an arrogant man is never at rest” (Hab 2:5 CSB). Why? The answer to this question might be one of the most important things we can learn from the Bible today. Consuming, Never at Rest An arrogant man is never at rest because “He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death he is never satisfied” (Hab 2:5 CSB). In context, this arrogant man refers to the king of Babylon who is never satisfied with what he has conquered. So he never rests, always wants more land and more people to master. For us who...

No, I Will Not Stop Calling The Church A Family

Paul Carter

I saw an article the other day with the title: “Stop Calling The Church A Family“. The argument being made by the author was that the Bible doesn’t call the church a family, and using the term sets the bar too high for most congregations to achieve. As someone who has been reading through the Bible every year since 2012 – the New Testament twice a year – as part of the RMM Bible Reading plan, my jaw hit the floor. The Bible doesn’t refer to the church as a family? What about Mark 3:31-33? And his mother and his...

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