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More on the Church as ‘Mother’

23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. 24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. 25 For this Agar is mount...

Remarriage is adultery…..

So much can be said of this doctrine. Remarriage is illicit unless there is adultery, one dies or 'the unbeliever leaves'. Moses permitted divorce, 'for hardness of heart'....but from the beginning, it was not so'. This is known as the 'except' clause. Everything has...

Wine and the Talmud….

Dr. Jack Lewis states: “Wine was ordinarily used at the Passover and is called ‘fruit of the vine’ in Berakoth 6:1” (1976, 147; for an extended discussion, see Lightfoot 1979, 346ff). Berakoth 6:1 Berakhot, Chapter Six, Mishnah One Introduction According to halakhah...

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