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Thoughts on Psalm 136
Today’s response is Psalm 136. Our Sunday night music group plays a song based on this Psalm with some regularity, but I must admit that this is one of the texts that I struggle with a great deal. The refrain is “His love endures forever.” If you have been around the field of Biblical Studies…
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The Death of Moses – What a Depressing End
Today’s lectionary reading (Deut. 34) involves Moses dying in the land of Moab before reaching the Promised Land. There are two elements of this story that to me add to the drama and make for quite a depressing tale, even though one does find the positive statements about Moses at the end. Notice where Moses…