Tag Archives: Deuteronomy

Sermon: This Law Is Not Too Difficult for You

Posted on 16 July 2025 by Benj

This is the audio (22:34; 20.6 MB) of a Sunday sermon I preached at Grace Anglican Church in Grove City, PA, on July 13, 2025. The main text was Deuteronomy 30:1–14, which was read before the audio begins. Other lessons included Psalm 51 and Matthew 5:13–20, and I made reference to Deuteronomy 4:5–9; 6:5; 10:12–13; Rom 7; 10:5–13; and Phil 3:6. Continue reading →

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Sermons on Deuteronomy 4:5–13 and 7:1–16

Posted on 27 February 2024 by Benj

Here are two sermons I preached recently at Leesburg Presbyterian Church, Leesburg, PA. The videos are hosted on YouTube, and queued to the start of the sermon: “Deuteronomy 4:5–13: So That It May Go Well With You.” (January 28, 2024) … Continue reading →

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Did the Medium of En-dor Really See Samuel’s Spirit?

Posted on 18 January 2024 by Benj

I had a student last year who wrote a paper on 1 Samuel 28 in South Asian context. It was a very interesting paper, informed by his Christian community’s encounters with spiritualists and mediums. One of the things that we discovered as he was doing his research, as that historic Christian interpreters have been divided on the question of what exactly the medium (and possibly Saul) actually witnessed when she conjured Samuel’s elohim. Continue reading →

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Are Israel’s Salvation and Land-Grant Unique in the Bible?

Posted on 14 December 2023 by Benj

It is interesting to consider the Hebrew Bible’s reflections on YHWH-orchestrated exodoi, migrations and conquests, besides the Israelite exodus from Egypt and the conquest of Canaan. Continue reading →

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Conference Paper: “‘Gods Your Ancestors Have Not Known’ in Deuteronomy: The Devil You Know?”

Posted on 27 November 2023 by Benj

I’ve posted the version of the paper I read at ETS in November 2023, the full title of which is: “‘Gods Your Ancestors Have Not Known’ in Deuteronomy: Is the Devil You Know Better than the Devil You Don’t Know?” … Continue reading →

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More Recent Appearances on #OneFear podcast

Posted on 20 November 2023 by Benj

I’ve been back on my friend Dom’s podcast, #OneFear, with a couple of new episodes last week and this week: S3E27 – Repaired Images S3E28 – Exploring 1 Samuel 4-6 Dom and his wife, Danielle, host #OneFear. They do a … Continue reading →

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Research as Foot-Washing

Posted on 24 September 2021 by Benj

The knowledge of God and His world through revelation, reason, and experience should never be for our own sake alone. We are pedagogues, leading our students to the fount of knowledge and teaching them how to drink for themselves. The knowledge we seek for them (research) and to give them (instruction) is not just for our enjoyment (though we do enjoy it) or their entertainment (though occasionally they are entertained!), but to help them live fulfilled lives and to make good judgments. Continue reading →

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A Wise and Understanding People

Posted on 17 September 2021 by Benj

Under what terms of engagement should we as Christian researchers join the broader academy in this search for knowledge? In research, we stand on the shoulders of, and beside, other scholars in our fields. Besides the general imperative to conduct our research ethically—do the premises and aims of our research overlap with those of other convictions? Continue reading →

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Article on Technology, Worship and Deuteronomy Now Available

Posted on 28 March 2021 by Benj

Under the terms of publication, I am now permitted to post my 2019 article, “Technologising of Word and Sacrament: Deuteronomy 14:24–26 and Intermediation in Worship” (European Journal of Theology 28.1 [2019]: 66–77). Continue reading →

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New Article in EJT

Posted on 23 May 2019 by Benj

My article, based on last year’s presentation at the meeting of the Fellowship of European Evangelical Theologians, has recently been published in EJT: “Technologising of Word and Sacrament: Deuteronomy 14:24–26 and Intermediation in Worship.” European Journal of Theology 28.1 (2019): 66–77. I’ve written in such a way that will be useful, I hope, to pastors and students as well as scholars of the Old Testament and media ecology. Continue reading →

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