Didn't the Old Testament God use fear to instill faith, and wasn't the Old Covenant just about punishment and vindication? Hasn’t Christ provided us with a different covenant, one of love, grace, and mercy? {Paraphrase of Tending Weeds' comment.] This question was raised by one of our readers, Tending Weeds, in a previous post, and… Continue reading Was the Old Covenant just about fear, punishment and vindication?
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Abuse, Marriage, Divorce, and the Gibeonites – What do You Think?
I would not be at all surprised if some of our readers have heard the argument that God does not permit divorce for abuse because He required the Israelites of Joshua's day to keep their covenant with the Gibeonites, even though the Gibeonites deceived them. Here is the story as found in Joshua 9. It… Continue reading Abuse, Marriage, Divorce, and the Gibeonites – What do You Think?
