Mark continued with lesson 3 in The Greatness of God – Examine God’s CV. He continues to discuss the question “Who is God?” and the traits we will find on God’s CV. We know God is all-loving, but he is also a God who loves and hates, and we need to understand how these intersect. In Luke 6:27-36, God hopes we will enact love, and love with our enemies. Listen as Mark continues more of God’s traits in that he is holy, true and moral, and he begins to correlate to sin.

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Mark took a break from his series “Paul, a Legal Case Study,” to discuss devotions from the Jewish Bible. TaNaKh is the Hebrew word for Old Testament. Each letter stand for a section of Scripture: Torah (the Law), Nevi’im (the Prophets), and Ketuvi (the Writings) Listen to Mark share a few devotionals planned for an upcoming book of devotions that will correspond to the yearly reading of the Torah.

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Mark taught Round Two of why he’s writing devotions based on the Torah, the first five books of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). He began with a review from the previous week showing how the Tanakh is divided into three divisions. He then moved on to share devotions from Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Listen to Mark teach from Genesis about Jacob’s journey to God beginning with the deception of his birthright, flight to safety, wrestling with God, and God giving him a new name of Israel. But God never tells Jacob His name. God is God, and that’s enough. Listen to Mark as he shares what God has stirred up in him while writing the Torah devotions.

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1-7-18 Mark began the new year with some Torah Devotionals from the Old Testament books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. He showed how Psalm 96:1-2 and Psalm 119:97 show the love of the Hebrew people for the Torah or law. Mark shared devotions based on these passages: Genesis 1:1-2  May God fill and fill this Year; Genesis 7:24-8:1 God is an action God. Exodus 35:5, 21 Everything belongs to God; and Exodus 35:30-33 God has called you by name. Listen to Mark share why we should meditate daily on teachings from the Torah.

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Mark focused his class on the subject matter of his upcoming Torah devotional book. Mark’s devotional follows the plan many Jewish people use when reading the Torah. Psalms: looking to have our soul revived. The assurance of the psalms that the Law will make us wise. Inspired by God.

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Mark ended his Torah devotions lessons including a focus on Psalm 119: 97  “Oh how I love your law. It is my mediation all the day.” and asking the question – Why did God give the law?  1. Society needed it. 2. Express God in theology 3. Die under the weight of the law and see Jesus our Savior. Our God requires perfection. Listen to Mark teach how we are in need of a Savior as he expands on three final devotions from Deuteronomy.

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This week Mark shared 6 of his personal favorite devotions from his book Torah for Living Daily Prayers, Wisdom, and Guidance.

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Mark hosts Dr. Peter Williams from Cambridge who, leads Tyndale House, place of scholarly study and ministry – TyndaleHouse.com. Peter has a passion for language and explains how enlightening it is to study the Bible in multiple languages. Peter also shares about his family, William Tyndale whom Tyndale House is named, and a project he’s directing for Museum of the Bible in D.C. He concludes in talking about the compelling research that went into his book CAN WE TRUST THE GOSPELS.

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