Bible Readings for June 4th Deuteronomy 8 | Psalm 91 | Isaiah 36 | Revelation 6 Deuteronomy 7–9 contains three separate reflections on the scandal of particularity, the subject we discussed in our meditation from Deuteronomy 4. In these chapters, Moses raises three...
Bible Readings for June 3rd Deuteronomy 7 | Psalm 90 | Isaiah 35 | Revelation 5 Deuteronomy 7 features the second-best circular logic in the Bible. Let me explain what I mean by pointing out Deuteronomy 7:6, where Moses reminds Israel that “you are a people holy to...
Bible Readings for June 2nd Deuteronomy 6 | Psalm 89 | Isaiah 34 | Revelation 4 Deuteronomy 6 is one of the most important chapters in the Old Testament, not least for the fact that Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 6:5 as one of the two greatest commandments (“You shall love...
Bible Readings for June 1st Deuteronomy 5 | Psalm 88 | Isaiah 33 | Revelation 3 In Deuteronomy 5, Moses does not simply repeat the Ten Commandments, but he also reminds Israel of what their response had been at the time when Yahweh had given them the Ten Commandments:...
Bible Readings for May 31st Deuteronomy 4 | Psalms 86–87 | Isaiah 32 | Revelation 2 The phrase “scandal of particularity” describes the shock of realizing that Yahweh chose to save the world through a particular person in a particular place at a particular time....
Bible Readings for May 30th Deuteronomy 3 | Psalm 85 | Isaiah 31 | Revelation 1 If it is tragic to read Moses’s prayer that Yahweh would grant him the right to enter into the Promised Land in Deuteronomy 3:23–25, then it is terrifying to read Yahweh’s flat refusal of...
