While this lesson may be of general interest, it has been designed specifically for M.A. students in Bible & Theology at Lincoln Christian University. These are my own reflections on 28 scriptures relating to worldview, diversity, and compromise in biblical times -- all of which relate in some way to our own culture. If you are not a Lincoln student, feel free to listen in...
Listen to Clashing Worldviews in the Old Testament: Module 2 scriptures (59 minutes)
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Comments on:
Joshua 24:14-15 – decision
Judges 6:28-32 – Asherah pole
Judges 9:13—inferior gods
Judges 16:23-30 – Samson & Dagon
1 Samuel 5:2-7 – Dagon exposed
1 Kings 11:1-8 – Solomon
1 Kings 12:26-33 – Jeroboam’s sin
1 Kings 18:27 – inferior gods
1 Kings 22:4-8 – outnumbered – (1 Kings 18:19)
2 Kings 17:7-41 – dangers of syncretism
2 Kings 23:10 – Molech
2 Chronicles 32:19 – religious relativism
Isaiah 44:6-20 – mockery of idolatry
Jeremiah 2:28 – city-gods
Lamentations 2:14 – false prophets
Ezekiel 8:1-18 – sun god, Tammuz
Daniel 2:11 – inferior gods
Daniel 5:4 – affront to God
John 14:6 – one way
John 18:38 – relativism
Acts 4:12 – one name
Acts 14:11-18 – fickleness
Acts 17:16-34 – “unknown god”
Romans 1:21-23 – classic passage
Romans 2:12-16 – saved by conscience?
1 Thessalonians 1:9 – turn at conversion
1 Timothy 2:4 – God wants all to be saved
Revelation 7:9 – universal vision
Note: My comments are primarily based on the ESV.
