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  • Debating with Rev. John Squires about the use of the Old Testament
  • Home
    • Bible Studies
      • Introduction
      • Leaders' Guide
      • 1. The Character of Biblical Literature
      • 2. The Canon of Scripture
      • 3A.The Hebrew Language
      • 3B. The Greek Language
      • 4. Problems with and Praises for the Bible
      • 5. We don't always agree
      • 6A. The Divine Oracle
      • 6B. Prophesy - Allegory - Type
      • 6C. Historical Criticism
      • 6D. Literary Criticism
      • 6E. Bultmann - Demythologisation
      • 6F. Is the auther dead?
      • 7. Growing Theological understandings
      • 8. The Names of God
      • 9. How important is the Old Testament
      • 10. Jesus - Who was he?
      • 11. The Cross - What is it?
      • 12. The Authority of the Bible
    • Contact Me
    • Singing A New Song
      • Year A Lectionary
        • Copyright
        • Introduction
        • Advent
          • No second chance
          • The second coming of Christ
          • John's preaching
          • The expectation
          • Virgin birth
        • Christmas,
          • The outcast shepherds
          • God lives within humanity
          • Jesus Christ is born in our country
          • At the manger
          • Jingle bells ring out
          • Summer Christmas
          • The birth of a baby
          • Joseph, the dreamer, and Moses
          • The Word
        • Epiphany
          • The baptism of Jesus
          • Where does Jesus live?
          • Call to discipleship
          • Inclusive love
          • Jesus' teaching
          • Blessed
          • Salt and light
          • Deeper than law
          • New meanings
          • Can we see Jesus?
        • Lent
          • Temptation
          • Born again
          • Jesus speaks to the woman of Samaria
          • Living water
          • Healing on the Sabbath
          • Hope and light
          • Is it God's will?
          • Jesus weeps
          • Ride on
          • Ride on. Ride on in majesty
          • Brokenness
          • Gethsemane
        • After Pentecost
          • His teaching
          • Jesus teaching
          • More than sparrows
          • Rewards
          • His love
          • The sower
          • The parable of the weeds
          • The mustaerd seed, Yeast, etc
          • The hungry ones
          • In a boat on the sea
          • The story in context
          • Confrontation
          • Who is Jesus?
          • Growing tensions
          • Resolution
          • Forgiveness
          • The labourers in the vineyard
          • Actions speak louder than words
          • The two sons
          • Workers in the vineyard
          • Everyone is invited
          • Jesus in conflict
          • Render to Caesar
          • The Two Commandments
          • Dressing to impress
          • The unexpected
          • An active faith
          • Ministering to Christ
      • Year B Lectionary
        • Advent
          • The seond coming of Christ
          • John's preaching
          • Where's the Messiah?
          • Myths and legends
        • Christmas
          • The outcast shepherds
          • God lives within humanity
          • Jesus Christ is born in our country
          • At the manger
          • Jingle bells ring out
          • Summer Christmas
          • The birth of a baby
          • Baby Jesus according to Mosaic Law
          • Looking
          • Parental guidance
        • Epiphany
          • John preaches
          • Call to discipleship
          • The Christ call
          • Jesus and New Testament demons
          • Healing
          • Jesus - the gracious healer
          • Jesus heals
          • Can we see Jesus?
        • Lent
          • Temptation
          • Cross bearing
          • Temple cleansing
          • Loving the world
          • We would see Jesus
          • Ride on
          • Ride on. Ride on in majesty
          • Gethsemane
        • Easter to Pentecost
          • Good Friday?
          • Killed by cruelty
          • The saddest of all days
          • The triumph and the tragedy
          • Christ alive in us
          • Resurrection - life from death
          • In praise of doubt
          • Thomas
          • Scars on hands and feet
          • Good shepherd
          • I am the vine
          • Love others
          • Jesus' love of his disciples
          • God's Spirit
        • After Pentecost
          • Born again
          • Beelzebub
          • Growing seeds
          • Jesus calms the storm
          • Who deserves love?
          • Care in face of hostility
          • The death of John the Baptist
          • The crowds kept coming
          • In a boat on the sea
          • The story in context
          • To make him king
          • The bread of life
          • No one special
          • Jesus' flesh and blood
          • To whom shall we go?
          • Teaching of the ancestors
          • Confrontation
          • Who is Jesus?
          • Who is the greatest
          • The struggle
          • Jesus and the children
          • Rich young man
          • Power exerised through service
          • The blind beggar
          • The Two Commandments
          • Giving
          • The future
          • My kingdom
      • Year C Lectionary
        • Advent
          • Christ is seen again
          • John's preaching
          • John's preaching
          • Mary's praise
        • Christmas
          • The outcast shepherds
          • God lives within humanity
          • Jesus Christ is born in our country
          • At the manger
          • Jingle Bells ring out
          • Summer Christmas
          • The birth of a baby
          • The Word
          • When Jesus was 12
        • Epiphany
          • Wise men visit
          • John preaches
          • On the third day
          • Jesus' mission
          • Jesus' first public teaching
          • Can we see Jesus?
        • Lent
          • Jesus' temptation
          • Jerusalem
          • Why?
          • The prodigal son.The two sons
          • Anointing Jesus' feet
          • Ride on
          • Remembering in bread and wine
          • Brokenness
          • Who is the greatest?
          • Gethsemane
        • Easter to Pentecost
          • Killed by cruelty
          • He died
          • He had to die
          • Christ alive
          • Resurrection- Life from death
          • Christ lives again
          • In praise of doubt
          • Thomas
          • Feed my sheep
          • Are you the One?
          • The Two Commandments
          • Remembering
          • I give you peace
          • Tough love
          • Unity
          • I am in the Father
        • After Pentecost
          • The Spirit
          • The Roman slave
          • The widow's only son
          • Jesus at dinner
          • Demons
          • Would be disciples
          • Maybe disciples
          • Disciples are sent out
          • The good Samaritan (1)
          • The good Samaritan (2)
          • Mary and Martha
          • Praying - Livking values
          • Share wealth
          • Urgent action
          • No peace
          • Healing on the Sabbath
          • Prestige and humility
          • Cost of discipleship
          • The lost sheep
          • The lost coin
          • A smile
          • Jesus and wealth
          • Economic justice?
          • Duty
          • The ten lepers
          • Persistence
          • The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
          • Hospitality
          • Life and death
          • The future
          • Amazing words
      • First line of lyrics
      • Titles of lyrics
      • Metrical index of tunes
      • Volume 1 Contents
        • Copyright
        • Introduction
        • Worship and Praise
          • As we come together
          • Softly shout for joy
          • Praise for the beauty of life
          • It is so grand
          • We look in wonder
          • Proclaim faith, hope and love
          • Personal thankfulness
          • A thankful hymn
        • God
          • Everything in God
          • The power of love
          • United in God
          • God is all in all
          • The universe in God
          • God is constant pursuing Love
          • God's love gives freedom
          • My God is in Jesus
          • God of reconciliation
          • Contradictions in God
        • Trinity
          • God - a trinity
          • God Beyond, Within, Between
          • God Within, Between, Beyond
          • God pictured as human
        • Jesus - His life and mission
          • The ordinary is marvelous
          • I remember a man
          • The life of Jesus
          • Jesus - the Christ
          • Jesus the gracious healer
          • Jesus - the law breaker
          • Jesus - the man who lived freedom
          • Jesus - the prophet
          • Jesus - teacher, carer, rebel
          • Jesus - the One who challenges
          • Jesus - the revealer
          • Strong love
        • Jesus - the cross
          • Ride on. Ride on in majesty
          • Killed by cruelty
          • Good Friday?
          • The cross
          • The tragedy and the triumph
        • Jesus - His Resurrection
          • Christ alive!
          • Resurrection - Life from death
          • God's resurrection way
          • Resurrection life
        • Jesus - His second coming
        • The Christian life - Personal
          • All will be well
          • Held in God's embrace
          • Contemplation
          • God is friendly
          • Be open
          • Where is purpose?
          • Fruits of the Spirit
          • Conquering fear
          • Is it God's will?
          • Questions
          • Certain of uncertainty
          • Moving forward in belief
          • The journey of life
          • God within our life
          • Struggling with loneliness
          • Companionship with our 'self'
          • Our lasting home
          • Deep in my soul
        • The Chriatian life - community
          • We can change the world
          • Call to action
          • God Within stirs us
          • Inclusive love
          • The work of God
          • The caring God within
          • Victims
          • Whose side is God on?
          • That joyous day
          • The near edge
          • How dare we!
        • The Bible
          • Movement forward in the Bible
          • Our sacred book
          • Sacred writings?
          • Love - 1 Corinthians 13
        • Parables
          • The Good Samaritan
          • The lost sheep
          • The lost coin
          • The great feast
          • The labourers in the vineyard
          • The sower
          • The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
          • The mustard seed
          • The prodigal son
        • Sacraments and special services
          • Invitation to the sacrament
          • We are welcome
          • Remembering in bread and wine
          • Breaking bread at Emmaus
          • Borkenness
        • Nature
          • Nature's moods
          • Our mother earth
        • Inter-faith
          • Sharing faiths
          • More than tolerance
          • Life's delight
      • Volume 2 Contents
        • Introduction
        • Welcome to worship
        • Christmas
          • At Christmas, God is seen anew
          • At the manger
          • Christmas - Mid-summer
          • Jingle Bells ring out
          • Summer Christmas
          • The birth of a baby
        • God is love and mystery
          • Compassion is a sacred name
          • Divine persuasion
          • God is love at every time, at every place
          • God is Love
          • God is Love, unfailing grace
          • Sacred - The will to live
          • God is surrounding inherent
          • Spirit sightings
          • There is a Presence
          • We can but worship
          • With love, we need no more
          • God Beyond, Between, Within
          • God is dancing
          • Imagining stars
          • God Beyond
          • Dancing with God
          • God - The love dance
          • God present to all
        • The Canberra Affirmation
          • Para 1 Creaitivity
          • Para 2 Presentness
          • Para 3 Jesus
          • Para 4 The Bible
          • Para 5 Paths to the sacred
          • Para 6 Values
        • Pushing the limits
          • Advancing in the Spirit
          • Dreaming of a new faith
          • Push the limits
          • We can't stop asking questions
          • We must dispute
          • When Common Dreams are shared
        • The environment
          • God is in nature
          • God is in nature's cycles
          • God -The life force
          • Caring for non-human life
          • Climate change
          • Climate in our hands
          • Climate is warming
          • Stewards of climate
        • Social justice and violence
          • Accumulating or sharing
          • Compassion
          • Economic justice?
          • God of the poor
          • Peace from justice
          • Religious peace
          • Religion and violence
          • The times we live in
        • Discipleship
          • Be open ...
          • Christ is alive
          • Courage to be
          • Does it really matter?
          • Feeling the pain
          • Friends
          • Give respect to humankind
          • God Between
          • God shares our pain
          • God Within
          • Hope and light
          • Humans do amazing things
          • Jesus crossed the road
          • Others
          • Live fully
          • Living with uncertainty
          • Our mission and vision
          • People are God's language
          • The sounds of life
          • To speak in love
          • When somewhere someone
        • Jesus and God's Kingdom
          • God's Kingdom
          • Hear from Jesus
          • Jesus' love
          • Jesus' teaching
          • We move to visit Calvary
          • Why do we look beyond?
        • On the Bible
          • No second chance
          • John's preaching
          • The expectation
          • Virgin birth
          • Jesus and New Testament demons
          • Gospel truth
          • Stories of disciples
          • The gospels
        • Inter-faith
          • Difference
          • Diversity
        • Fun songs
          • Jonah
          • Laugh with God
          • Noah
          • It's not fair
        • For the young ones
          • God is inside
          • When I ...
          • Jesus wants us ...
          • When I'm happy
          • All belong
          • All is Mystery
          • Don't think we must too
          • Jesus' friend
          • We are all blest
          • When I'm...
      • Volume 3 Contents
        • Introduction
        • Welcome to worship
          • Welcome
          • We are welcome
        • Nature and the Cosmos
          • A fantastic journey
          • Nature's beauty
          • Nature's harsh harmony
          • Night and day
          • Wonder and radiance
        • God - Mysterious yet a 'Presentness
          • Mystery
          • God's presentness
          • God becomes a Presence
          • There is a Presence
          • God's word
        • Life and Love
          • We are blest
          • Love and ...
          • In love we can learn to grow
          • Love will flourish
          • The mystery of love
          • At-one-ment
          • Joy
          • Hope
          • The Light of day
          • Peace
          • Our journey
        • Jesus' stories and teachings
          • The wise men visit
          • The Word
          • The way, the truth and the life
          • God made flesh
          • The Jesus song
          • Jesus story - The role model
          • Jesus story - The rebel
          • Blessed
          • Jesus speaks
          • Jesus gives peace
          • I give you peace
          • The Two Commandments
          • New meanings
          • Jesus - The teacher
          • Stress and anxiety
          • Render to Caesar
          • Jesus in conflict
          • Confrontation
          • Parables
          • Jesus stories
          • Forgiveness
          • Everyone is invited
          • Who is Jesus?
          • Where does Jesus live?
          • Can we see Jesus?
          • With whom did Jesus eat?
          • Hospitality
          • Hungry ones
          • Sharing meals
          • Meals
          • The ten lepers
          • Jesus speaks to the woman of Samaria
          • Healing on the Sabbath
        • Easter
          • Ride on
          • Gethsemane
          • Do we run away?
          • He died
          • He has to die
          • Why? Oh! Why did Jesus die?
          • The saddest of all days
          • Each time I visit Calvary
          • Thomas
          • Christ lives again
        • Discipleship
          • We cannot ask
          • Praying - Life's Values
          • Seeking
          • Rewards
          • Duty
          • As we consider
          • I'm proud
          • A smile
          • Feed my sheep
          • The death of a criminal
          • A dream of dignity
          • Ministering to Christ
          • I must leave
        • Dedication - New Members
          • A prayer
          • A prayer for blessing
          • Grand occasion
          • Ground of all being
        • Dedication - Ordination
          • Ministry
          • With formal joy
        • Dedication - Baptism
          • We join with thankful hearts
          • The miracle of a baby's birth
          • The mystery of growing
          • The wonder of new life
          • In this sacrament with water
        • Funerals
          • Amazing grace
          • When tears begin to flow
          • Tragedy
          • Life cut short
          • Jesus - Life and resurrection
        • Anzac Day
          • We pay respect
          • Anzac remembering
        • Mothers' Day
          • Mothering
        • Fun for children
          • Jesus asks us
          • Jesus loves
          • Jesus said
          • Jesus teaches
          • Jesus was a teacher
          • Salt and light
          • Together
      • Volume 4 Contents
        • Introduction
        • Welcome to Worship
          • Each of us is welcome
          • We gather in this place
        • God
          • God dares
          • God in everything
          • God in process
          • God is mystery
          • God is our partner
          • God of change
          • In awe and thankfulness
          • In God
          • In God we live and move and be
        • Christmas
          • God is vulnerable
          • The outcast shepherds
          • A summer Christmas
        • Easter
          • A Sacrifice
          • Amazing words
          • He was e threat
          • Rebel Jesus
          • Scars on hands and feet
          • Christ alive in us
          • On the cross
        • New Faith Statements
          • Introduction
          • Statement 1
          • Statement 2
          • Statement 3
          • Statement 4
          • Statement 5
          • Statement 6
          • Statement 7
          • Statement 8
          • Statement 9
          • Statement 10
          • Statement 11
          • Statement 12
          • Statement 13
          • Statement 14
          • Statement 15
          • Statement 16
          • Statement 17
          • Statement 18
          • Statement 19
          • Statement 20
          • Statement 21a
          • Statement 21b
          • Statement 22
          • Statement 23
        • Discipleship
          • Courage in the struggle
          • Creativity
          • God’s incarnation
          • God’s kingdom is within us
          • In praise of doubt
          • Let us prize life
          • Ministering to Christ
          • Power
          • Resolution
          • The beauty within us
          • We resolve to follow Jesus
        • The Cosmos and Nature
          • God’s melody
          • In each and every process
          • With thankful hearts
          • We stand in awe
          • We stand in awe (2)
        • Classics
          • Love is essential (Abide with me)
          • “I will be with you always.” (Away in the manger)
          • Jesus is honoured (Crown him with many crowns)
          • We are pilgrims (Guide me O Thou great Jehovah)
          • What can I ask? (And can it be?)
          • We are all blest (How great Thou art)
          • I will sing of love (I will sing the wondrous story)
          • We all are truly blest (Now thank we all our God)
          • As we contemplate the birth (Once in Royal David’s city)
          • Rejoice when love is found (Rejoice the Lord is king)
          • The church commits to witness (The church's one foundation)
          • The Jesus story of times past (The head that once was crowned)
          • When Jesus died so long ago (There is a green hill far away)
          • With praise and elation (To God be the glory)
          • Jesus is our friendly teacher (What a friend we have in Jesus)
        • Jesus
          • The man who lived in Galilee
          • Jesus confronts
          • The Good Samaritan
        • Sacraments
          • Jesus’ flesh and blood
          • On the third day
        • Celebrations
          • New Year
          • Celebrating the church
          • Church anniversary
          • Face the challenge
          • Induction
        • Faith, Hope and Love
          • A faith of energy
          • Amazing that it should be so
          • Hope can be elusive
          • Life can be full and empty
          • Love - unpredictable
          • Love builds on love
          • Love generates love
          • Love is ...
          • Love is … (2)
          • Love is … (3)
          • Love makes a difference
          • Love shared between two
          • Love’s power
          • Loving is the answer
          • The gifts of love
        • Uncertainty
          • Confidence in uncertainty
          • Living with uncertainty
          • Stress and anxiety
        • Does violence win?
          • Mass tragedy
          • Violence in the Bible
      • Chart
      • Gospel passages used
      • 32 Themes
        • Baptism
        • Before Easter
        • Celebrating - Anzac Day
        • Celebrating - Church Anniversary
        • Celebrating - Induction and Ordination
        • Celebrating - Mothers' Day
        • Celebrating - New Year
        • Christmas
        • Crucifixion
        • Discipleship
        • Faith, joy and hope
        • Funerals
        • God in all
        • God in the environment and our stewardship of it
        • God in humanity
        • God is love
        • Jesus - God visible
        • Jesus - the compassionate one
        • Jesus - the man
        • Jesus - the rebel
        • Jesus - the teacher
        • Light
        • Love
        • Multi-faith
        • Praise
        • Questioning
        • Resurrection
        • Sacrament of Communion
        • Social justice
        • Stress and anxiety
        • The Bible
        • The Cosmos
        • The Trinity
        • Violence and peace
        • Welcome to worship
        • Young ones
      • Index of Gospel passages used
      • Jesus - God visible
      • Sacrament of Communion
      • Singing a New Song
      • Copy of Singing a New Song
    • About
    • Exodus
    • Shorter Papers and h
      • Seasons of creation
      • In our own Image
      • Celebrating Christmas
      • My last church service
      • My Trinity
      • A different creation story
      • Rewards
    • Season of Creation
      • Introduction
      • Humanity Sunday
        • Liturgy
        • Background Reading
      • Animal Sunday
        • Liturgy
        • Background Reading
      • Cosmos Sunday
        • Liturgy
        • Background Reading
  • Exodus
    • Introduction
    • The story of the Exodus (2)
    • The story of the Exodus (3)
    • The story of the Exodus (3)
  • Starting all over again?
    • Acknowledgements
    • How to possibly use this book
    • Contents
    • Introduction
    • Question 1
    • Question 2
    • Question 3
    • Question 4
    • Question 5
    • Question 6
    • Question 7
    • Question 8
    • Question 9
    • Question 10
    • Question 11
    • What comes next for me
    • Lyrics used
    • The full set of new lyrics used
    • Bibliography
    • Comments from readers
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