Scripture: Lev. 19:20-22. One OT scholar says that this law protected a slave woman when she was caught in the middle between three men.
5. Torah and Slavery: Protecting Slave Women from Injustice
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Monthly Archives: May 2024
Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids
What kind of disciple are you? Wise or foolish? Are you prepared for the Second Coming?
6. Torah and Slavery: Foreign Slaves
Scriptures: Lev. 25:44-46 and Deut. 23:15-16 (and Exod. 21:16, again, with its parallel Deut. 24:7). As we have observed in this series, slavery was a cultural fact of the ancient Near East. This post also has two parallel cases in colonial Virginia.
7. Torah and Slavery: Marrying Captives of War
I updated this post. Scripture: Deuteronomy 21:10-14. I knew a kid named Carl at elementary school, my contemporary. He was half European-American and half Japanese. His dad had married a Japanese girl after WWII and brought her over here.
Parable of the Wise and Faithful Servant
Will you be faithfully serving God in your life when Jesus comes back? Will you do his will to the very end? If so, rewards are coming.
Islamic Jihad v. European Crusades
It’s time to educate the students at the campus protests in spring 2024. Do they know Islamic jihad continued without stopping for four hundred years before the Pope called for the first major crusade?
The West’s Struggle with Islam
It goes deeper than just the attacks in Paris, Brussels, San Bernardino, and Orlando and now the campus protests of spring 2024 (and the others that will follow). It will go past 2100. It’s the Second Hundred Years War.
The Truth about Islamic Jihad and Imperialism: A Timeline
Updated: The campus protests that turn Islam into an innocent party are shortsighted.
Twenty-Five Reasons Not to Convert to Islam
Here are the reasons why no one should convert to Islam, which are not placed in any particular order.
Parable of the Fig Tree and Other Trees
Do you believe the signs Jesus talked about in the first century can carry over to our days?
Dr. Jim's Essential Bible Teaching 