If and Only If

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

When a person presents an offering of meal to the LORD, his offering shall be of choice flour;  . . . Leviticus 2:1  JPS When – God never commanded sacrifices.  Let’s say that again.  God never commanded sacrifices.  Even when Abraham was asked to take Isaac to the altar, it was not a command.  The…

Graceland (2)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

And it shall come to pass, if you carefully listen to my commandments which I command you today,  . . . Deuteronomy 11:13 Carefully Listen To – We have discovered that even Jewish rabbis recognized the priority of grace.  The false dichotomy between law and grace was an invention of Augustine.  His influence spread through…