The introduction to the final chapter points out how so very many American Christians take Jeremiah 29:11 out of context. It’s the promise God made to Judah on their way into Exile. When their 70 years was finished, they could come back and reclaim the promises that began with Moses, and Abraham before him. That…
Month: April 2024
Misreading Scripture: Vice and Virtue 02
We inject a lot of western definitions of vice into the Bible. Do you know any verses condemning procrastination or plagiarism? We like to imagine that self-sufficiency is a virtue in there, too, but none of them are. Our educational standard of “do your own work” and not copying is something you’ll rarely use in…