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Morality and metaphors: the metaphors we use for things matter. They can reveal but also conceal. Beck focuses on the blood-washing aspect of Penal Substitutionary Atonement and asks how and why we're using it.

1 Reigns! Samuel just started being a jack-wagon. Israel continues to run after other gods, and not trust the one that brought them out of Egypt.

Joshua just kicked ass coming into the promised land. More importantly: God fought alongside Israel. When Israel failed to follow him, they were defeated. Does that count as prosperity theology?

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Joshua just kicked ass coming into the promised land. More importantly: God fought alongside Israel. When Israel failed to follow him, they were defeated. Does that count as prosperity theology?

Ellul begins by examining the idea of revolt. He distinguishes between a revolt and revolution. Revolts involve 1. being fed up, 2. accusing enemies. They don't put forward anything new, just an end to the present state of things.