Sacrifice
178The World Before the Flood
29 Jan 2024
4:59¶ 13
“Yeah, that’s kind of a mystical or another word is probably better than that, of the idea of sacrifice, that we get better by…”
5:25¶ 14
“We’re big on, “Oh, giving sacrificially means giving until it hurts,” or “Christian school teachers, you’re making such a sacrifice.” No, we’re not. To…”
6:04¶ 16
“Cain, we’re going to see, brings veggies and fruits and things, and there’s nothing wrong with that as a first-fruits offering, as a grain…”
57The Economics of Sacrifice
31 Jan 2021
1:13¶ 4
“This started when some of our students at school would write us thank-you letters that became more and more generically the same thank-you letter…”
5:45¶ 14
“The reason that sacrifice means death is because that’s what the altar means. Things have died and then they’re placed on the altar. Before…”
6:20¶ 15
“It is a life and death thing in the full sense of the word, and to bring it down to the level of, “Yeah,…”
55The Sociology of Sacrifice (Part 1)
17 Jan 2021
0:38¶ 2
“Every religious system in history has had some concept of sacrifice. Greg, can you talk a little bit about what sacrifice has meant in…”
9:37¶ 30
“Anyway, the first thing is sacrifice is God’s idea. It is an idea that God revealed, and he revealed it authoritatively. He said, “Do…”
17:11¶ 54
“This is not us reaching up to God, bribing God, coercing God, manipulating God. It’s not even primarily us being thankful to God. This…”