Oaths and vows
185The Law on Mount Sinai
18 Mar 2024
37:58¶ 135
“When God gives us his name he allows us to pray in his name, preach in his name, bless in his name, exercise church…”
39:48¶ 139
“This is a huge thing. You’re pulled into covenant relationship and its ugly step-sister, contracts, which are a way step-down from that but they…”
38:41¶ 136
“So now we have a society with a set and exclusive worldview rooted in things that cannot be seen. We have a society that…”
39Magic vs. the Covenant Word
27 Sep 2020
26:46¶ 80
“Now perhaps would be a good time to distinguish between an oath and a vow. An oath is self-maledictory. We call on God not…”
27:16¶ 81
“Vows are not quite that. Vows are “I promise and I’m calling on God to keep my promise, but I’m not actually asking him…”
25:59¶ 78
“You mentioned the marriage covenant. The three basic covenants in human society are family and marriage, the church, and the civil commonwealth, the State.…”