Hosea

there is no cult of personality here—that is, no cult of human personality—and this comports with a more general strain of ambivalence in the biblical corpus toward human leaders and the limits of human authority (e.g., Judges 8:22–24; 1 Samuel 8–10; Hosea 8:4, 13:9–11). If the ultimate emphasis, therefore, is on Moses’ message, on the laws he mediates from a totally nonhuman source, we must observe, as a final point, that this is a message which, against the person Moses, is not remote or…

Joel is among the prophets named Hosea and Amos. Joel plays a very significant role in the Bible and also has a message of great importance to deliver to the people of God. Joel described to the Jews the "Day of the Lord” (Allen). Joel preached in Israel during a time of the most terrible…

. THE DISPENSATION OF CREATION Chapter 5 THE DISPENSATION OF CREATION GENESIS 1:1 In the last chapter (Chapter 4) I had written in my introduction the following: //Before I take up Genesis 1:1, which is the only beginning we know well, and my next topic, I would like us to examine briefly a time period starting from the time the Word-Being (son) came into existence, to the creation of the earth (Genesis 1:1). This time period I will tentatively call the Dispensation of Time/Space. What and how…

Today was a day as any other day, as I sat on the bench at the park and read my daily reading of the Bible. Today I was approached by a lady she actually stopped and ask me what it was in the world that made me sit day after day on my bench and read the Bible? She also wanted to know why I considered it to be an authoritative instrument. I shared with her the views of so many before me: When we refer to the Bible as being authoritative, we mean that it is something that has been either written…

Throughout history two terms, Messiah and Son of God, have been used by different people to indicate differing expectations as to who the savior of Israel was going to be. The term messiah is from the Hebrew word mashiach, meaning anointed. In the Greek, the word cristos translates into Christ, and it too means anointed. By identifying Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of God, Mark is conveying to his first-century audience that Jesus was a suffering Messiah and the Son of God who encompassed…

1. What is a worldview and how does it influence your approach to life? A worldview is an array of beliefs that change how we both percieve the world and how we react to it. Many people don't think they have a worldview, however, everyone has one. For instance, religion is a worldview, because believing in something makes it a world view. Religions that believe in a supreme diety, such as christianity and buddism, these believe in a god. However, an atheist doesn't believe in a god, yet, the…

o one disagrees that Genesis 2:24 is the biblical definition to marriage. We just seem to say it and ignore it. It’s biblical. I’m a Christian. Check that box. Okay. Move on. Where do I get my marriage license? At the end of the day, we completely ignore the one thing that was the purpose of our union - Genesis 2:24. The idea of applying Genesis truth to marriage came about during my own marriage to Adam. We were two young and vibrant individuals determined to find love after a few failed…

In the short story, The Gospel According to Mark, author Jorge Louis Borges puts his own individual twist on a story, or shall I say stories, that are as old as time - the Great Flood and the Crucifixion of Jesus. In this work, Borges uses biblical allusions, character types, and sex to retell an age-old tale. From the onset of the story, it is clear that Borges is intent on depicting the main character and protagonist, Espinosa, as a holy figure. He describes Espinosa as having “unlimited…

Gary Anderson’s book Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition sets out an argument that almsgiving is a religious offering to God throughout the Jewish and Christian traditions and texts. He makes the statement that early Christians and Jews focused on almsgiving as revealing the character of God and created world. Anderson sets up almsgiving as a sacrament, where giving to the poor becomes a way to access the kingdom of heaven. This action has such power because through showing…

Plato retained strong opinions on the importance of philosophers in a utopian society. Carefully laying out pieces of his idea of a just city, Plato places the philosophers as the leaders. As he explains, a city will fall into any number of temptations if it lacks philosophers, those who understand they know nothing and still strive to achieve true knowledge. Correctly, he states that without a moral foundation this ideal city inevitably crumbles into dust, like so many other cities before it.…