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Funerals, food and festivals (Deut 14)
Moses gives three ways in which the people of Israel are to be distinguished from the nations around and the reasons. We consider how the principles involved may apply to us.
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Jesus responds with a challenge (John 5:39-47)
The next evidence Jesus used to show his divinity is the scriptures that the religious leaders loved. His words rebuke them because they have missed the point of those scriptures.
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Circumcision: a sign to rely on? (Rom 2:25-29)
Jewish people thought that the ceremony of circumcision guaranteed them God's favour. Many people rely on one ceremony or another. But only Christ can give us true security.
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Testing and Temptation (Mat 6:13)
Jesus told his disciples to pray "Lead us not into temptation". But what is temptation? Is it an inevitable part of Christian experience?
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Knowing or doing? (Rom 2:17-24)
The Jewish people to whom Paul wrote thought that knowing God's law gave them the right to look down on the ignorant Gentiles. Paul had to point out that it's not what you know but what you do that counts.
