March 11th: Exodus 18 & Matthew 19:1-15
March 10, 2020
Alastair Roberts
Jethro and the reordering of the people. Jesus' teaching on divorce.
Some passages referenced:
Numbers 10:11, 29-32, Deuteronomy 1:9-17 (other references to the reordering of the people and Jethro at Sinai); 1 Samuel 15:6 (the Kenites and the Amalekites); Genesis 26:30, 31:54 (other covenants).
Deuteronomy 24:1 (Moses on divorce).
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).
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