What is your position on predestination? In particular, how should we understand predestination in Romans 8-11 with its many OT references?
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The Family of Abraham: Part 15—Abraham Dies and Esau and Jacob are Born
Today, I comment on Genesis 25, where we see Abraham’s death and the beginning of the great struggle between Esau and Jacob.
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Are David’s Five Smooth Stones Related to Christ’s Five Loaves?
This is a follow-up to yesterday’s video on the five stones David picked up when facing Goliath.
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Why Did David Take Five Smooth Stones?
In your video on numerology, you said that we should pay attention to the presence of very specific numbers in surprising places. One possible example I’d like for you to discuss is the five smooth stones of 1 Samuel 17:40. Why be so specific about FIVE stones, when he only ended up using one? And is there any point to the other peculiarly specific details here?
Transcript for the Sixth Day of Christmas: Herod, the Wronged Villain
One of my supporters has very kindly transcribed this video, the seventh of my series for the twelve days of Christmas. I don’t have time to transcribe my videos myself, so anyone willing to volunteer to transcribe one video every week or fortnight would be greatly appreciated! The transcript is very lightly edited at a few points for the purpose of comprehension.
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The Seventh Day of Christmas: Herod, the Wronged Villain
Over the Christmas period, I am posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this seventh video I discuss the villain of the account, Herod, and the complicated history that lies behind him. I have more to say about these themes in my book, Echoes of Exodus. I also reference Peter Leithart’s recent commentary on Matthew’s gospel.
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