Abel
178The World Before the Flood
29 Jan 2024
3:53¶ 11
“So this is what we’ve got. Abel brings sheep. He’s a shepherd and we’re told he brings from the firstlings of the flock and…”
9:08¶ 24
“Yeah. We don’t know any other thing he ever said. The only time he’s ever said to say anything is when he’s talking to…”
8:46¶ 22
“It begins here and yes, it begins with murder. You could almost think of it as ritual murder. We’re told that Cain and Abel…”
72The Just Shall Live By Faith
20 Jun 2021
19:04¶ 57
“Abel offering the sacrifice was not faith, but it was motivated by faith. Again, the author is very careful to distinguish the motivating faith…”
21:43¶ 65
“There it is again – a witness. As we go along it’s going to become much, much clearer where the witness is, or who…”
22:32¶ 67
“Yes, so he obtained a witness that he was righteous. Again we can misread that. “Oh, it means that Abel kept the commandments of…”
55The Sociology of Sacrifice (Part 1)
17 Jan 2021
8:00¶ 24
“I knew a pastor who I was trying to befriend, and in the end it didn’t work out so well, but he actually was…”
20:33¶ 64
“I perceive that the bloodless offering is given on the basis of the blood offering that’s already been given. Cain was willing to offer…”
9:26¶ 29
“Then just a few verses later we find Abel doing it, with nothing intervening, no further explanation. God did it and then his people…”
38Image and Word (part 2)
20 Sep 2020
33:26¶ 113
“When Abel confronted him – and Christ does call him a prophet, and the only time we have any record of him saying anything,…”
33:58¶ 114
“You thought in your spiritual pride and self-righteousness that this would be a help to your relationship to God, and it’s proved exactly the…”
35:14¶ 117
“It’s easy to see we’ve got Christianity here and horrible paganism or horrible humanism over there. As I think I’ve said before, the worst…”