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be still!

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1610, 17th September, 2010
Jeff Oien explains why “Be still and know that I am God,” the famous line from Psalm 46:10, is not an encouragement to ponder the things of God quietly, but rather a command to shut up and watch as Jehovah tears things up.  His corrective got me thinking about other commands for stillness or silence [...]
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was job a real person?

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1633, 11th August, 2010
That’s the title of Jeff Oien’s recent post.  In it he decides that on the basis of Ezekiel 14:14 that Job was “of course” a real person.  Critics would respond with the argument that Job is simply a parabolic figure and he’s being used here as a symbol of righteousness in a hypothetical and impossible [...]
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just in case some of you might be interested . . .

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1717, 28th February, 2010
. . . here‘s a link to some rather interesting conversation I’ve been having off this site on Jeff Oien’s site.  It’s about the historicity of Genesis 1. Related Posts:Adam and the Enslavement of Humanity, Part 1On Genesis 1, literal history, and presuppositionsGod is a man?thoughts on genesis, narrative, etc.the first column of the westminster-leningrad [...]
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