by admin | Nov 28, 2016 | Deuteronomy, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
Then we left Horeb, Moses said, and passed through all that immense, forbidding (yârêʼ, והנורא) wilderness that you saw on the way to the Amorite hill country as the Lord our God had commanded us to do, finally arriving at Kadesh Barnea.[1] The word forbidding gives...
by admin | Jul 24, 2012 | David's Forgiveness, Forgiveness, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, Psalm 119 begins, who obey the law of the Lord. How blessed are those who observe his rules, and seek him with all their heart, who, moreover, do no wrong, but follow in his footsteps. You demand that your precepts...