Month: July 2013

R4E130715 – Clashing Worldviews by Douglas Jacoby

You can download the full audiobook recording on qobuz or amazon or itunes.

Joshua 24:14-15 – decision
Judges 6:28-32 – Asherah pole
Judges 9:13—inferior gods
Judges 16:23-30 – Samson & Dagon
1 Samuel 5:2-7 – Dagon exposed
1 Kings 11:1-8 – Solomon
1 Kings 12:26-33 – Jeroboam’s sin
1 Kings 18:27 – inferior gods
1 Kings 22:4-8 – outnumbered – (1 Kings 18:19)
2 Kings 17:7-41 – dangers of syncretism
2 Kings 23:10 – Molech
2 Chronicles 32:19 – religious relativism
Isaiah 44:6-20 – mockery of idolatry
Jeremiah 2:28 – city-gods
Lamentations 2:14 – false prophets
Ezekiel 8:1-18 – sun god, Tammuz
Daniel 2:11 – inferior gods
Daniel 5:4 – affront to God
John 14:6 – one way
John 18:38 – relativism
Acts 4:12 – one name
Acts 14:11-18 – fickleness
Acts 17:16-34 – “unknown god”
Romans 1:21-23 – classic passage
Romans 2:12-16 – saved by conscience?
1 Thessalonians 1:9 – turn at conversion
1 Timothy 2:4 – God wants all to be saved
Revelation 7:9 – universal vision
Note: My comments are primarily based on the ESV.

The lessons on the 10 Commandments are also cumulative. To learn the most, try to listen to them in order. The Decalogue podcasts are shorter than the Psalms lessons, so occasionally you might want to combine days.

1. Worship and Serve Only Yehovah, One God, the Creator, do no have other creations as gods, including yourself.

2. NO Idols, dreams, money, heroes, music, politics, sports, etc

3. Invoc the Name properly

4. Rest weekly

5. Respect Parents

6. Do NOT Murder, Abort, Hate, better Love

7. Avoid Adultery and Fornication, Remain Faithful in Marriage

8. Do NOT Take Without Asking, better Work and Give Generously

9. Do NOT give false witness, fake-news, but a True Testimony

10. Do NOT Covet, better Be Content with what you already have

Introduction and definitions

• Decalogue: The ten words
• Torah: Law or Instruction (from the Hebrew yarah, meaning to guide). This may refer to the first five books of the Bible, or the law(s) found in them.
• Pentateuch: The five rolls. The term refers to the first five books of the O.T., Genesis-Deuteronomy.
• Two greatest commandments: Love God with all your heart (Deuteronomy 6:5) and Love your neighbor as yourself (Leviticus 19:18). Neither is in the 10 commandments, and yet it has been noted that the first four commandments pertain to love for God, the last six to love for neighbor.
• The two tablets (Exodus 31:18, 32:15) are two identical copies of the commandments. This is known from covenant customs in this part of the world (2nd millennium BC)
• The 10 commandments were delivered the first time at Sinai (Horeb) near the beginning of the desert wanderings. It comes out in a new version near the end of this period (see Deuteronomy 5). Moreover, another “ten commandments” may be found in Exodus 34.