Deborah is one of the most famous of the Old Testament women, for she is the only woman among several men in the book of Judges. She comes on the scene as did all the judges when the nation of Israel was backslidden an under oppression. In Judges 4:4, we learn that Deborah was a wife, a judge, and a prophetess. The argument from egalitarians and Christian feminists (so-called) is that since these women seemed like leaders in spiritual matters, then why is there...
It is September, and I just finished reading Jeremiah. I was so blessed! Really. I know the book of Jeremiah can be a difficult read, but it is also full of encouragement. God feels the same way about the sins of Israel and the surrounding pagan nations as He does today. We like to think that God is longsuffering and merciful here in our Age of Grace, but He was longsuffering and merciful in the Old Testament too. Many times He waited a...
In Part 1 of this article, we looked at The Child of God under Law. I drew a correlation between Law and Childhood because that’s what Paul did in Galatians 3:21-25. God has treated us differently in the Age of Law than He does in the Age of Grace. Likewise, parents treat their children differently in the “Dispensation of Childhood”...
