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The prophet Baruch

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Father Kevin baruch, covenant and renewal, exile and return, idolatry, jeremias, prophet baruch, prophet jeremiah

Baruch was an associate of the prophet Jeremias in the last years of the kingdom of Juda. For example, when

Holy Scripture and the Bible

The prophet Amos

March 15, 2022April 19, 2022 Father Kevin holy scripture, idolatry, old testament saints, prophet amos, repentance, unfaithfulness

“…the Israelites had fallen into idolatry, using a mixture of Egyptian and Amorrhite religions, together with the religion of the God of Israel. That’s why I used the word ‘sycretist,’ which describes the observance of a mixture of religions.”

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Reading through the Book of Deuteronomy

April 17, 2021April 19, 2022 Father Kevin curse of the law, deuteronomy, exodus, hierarchical priesthood, hierarchy, idolatry, moses, numbers, second law, shemaa israel

“…he gave them the second law, the deutero-nomos, which would guide their lives no longer wandering in the desert, but settled in the Holy Land that they would soon conquer…”

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Reading through the book of Genesis

March 27, 2021April 19, 2022 Father Kevin abraham, genesis, hebrew patriarchs, idolatry, isaac, israel, jacob, judah, king david, messianic expectation, messianism, polytheism, sons of jacob

“the Old Testament is the story of Israel’s ongoing struggle against polytheism and idolatry, and it is mostly a struggle with self. Because polytheism was the way of men everywhere then, as it very much is today, and increasingly so…”