The Children of Israel

Exodus 3:10

Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

Notice that the whole of God's people was that of Jacob's Children (Children of Israel). At the end of chapter 2 we read, "...and God remembered his covenant he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." We know that Jacob's name was changed to Israel. Thus, we conclude, according to the precedent set so far in Scripture, that God is dealing with the Hebrew...

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To Those Swallowed Up By Sin's Sorrow

Christians, know God's Word. If you know it not, Satan can (and will) use it against you. This is one reason it's so very important to have a good intake of Scripture each day. Blessed be the Lord God Who has given us His Word that we may have the sword by which we mortify sin and resist Satan!

Many times as Christians, we can become overwhelmed by the weight...

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My main blog is at Xanga, where there is a summary of all the latest articles since last September.

Some of those articles of interest to lovers of Christian liberty would be:

Religious-liberty law primer.

LaP admonished -- the story of the PCA's SJC admonishing the Lousiana Presbytery for its failure to timely find probable cause that the views of Rev. Steve Wilkins were out of accord with the PCA's constitution.

Presuppositionalism simply...

HaigLaw

I have been discussing Genesis 17 and the Abrahamic Covenant on the Puritanboard.com. In light of this Dr. Mike Renihan recommended to me a portion of his book ‘Antipaedobaptism in the Thought of John Tombes’. I just thought I would take the time to type out the section on Genesis 17 and the introduction to the Exegetical Arguments (With Dr. Renihan’s permission) and post it in a blog so I could reference it more quickly and make it accessible to others. I leave you with only a portion of his...

PuritanCovenanter

Lest We Be Like Dogs

The hearts of men are deceitful above all things. We're plagued by sin, inconsistencies, and the struggle to regress back to our old ways. So lest we be like the dog who returns to his vomit, may we consider this Biblical narrative and learn what not to do in such circumstances.

Exodus 32

You know the people, that they are set on evil. (v22b)

Some brief background: The Israelites have been:

-Delivered from Egypt (Ch12)
-Passed safely and dryly through

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