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Nearly all book discussions of the Pharisees make abundant use of the rabbis (Mishnah, Talmuds, Tosefta) either to establish points being made or to…
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It’s gonna be a good week here at Tov Unleashed. Here’s why: First, we want to settle once and for all whether the rabbis should be called Pharisees and…
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Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the…
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Lots of 2’s in our date today. Found this picture of an owl. Can you ID it? Photo by Ray Hennessy on Unsplash What a wonderful discovery! Deep in the…
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America, we have a gun problem. Owning a gun, for most, is about self protection but owning a gun significantly increases the chance that the gun owner…
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Did God Bury or Praise Job? That’s a question about the Book of Job I’m thinking many of us have never ever ever asked. But it’s the heart – the middle…
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I have reposted this because Substack did not send it the first time. The church has stereotyped the Pharisees. Consequently, the church routinely uses…
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Here’s the text of Martin Luther King’s famous speech/sermon/address in Washington DC. I remember watching it as a kid on TV. I consider this speech to…
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Got a late start on this week’s Looking Ahead, sorry. I will begin the week with that wonderful speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.: “I Have a Dream.” I…
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Photo by Faith Crabtree on Unsplash Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your…
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Kris and I are on a short respite, what I like to call a mini-sabbatical, of three weeks. I’m concentrating on the Everyday Bible Studies I’m writing…
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Do you know about Rizpah? In her essay in God and Guns: The Bible Against American Gun Culture, edited by Christopher B. Hays and C.L. Crouch, Yolanda…
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