Tag: fear
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reflections on one year: on the other side of fear (a letter to myself)
In this series In my final months in the PCA, I had a candid conversation with another member of the presbytery who understood and sympathized with why I was leaving. He said, “We’re sad to see you go. You are one of the good ones and they’re lucky to have you. I’d consider leaving too…
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The Fear of Isaac
In Genesis 31:42, Jacob calls the LORD, “God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac.” Nowhere else in all the scriptures is this name, The Fear of Isaac, used for God (there’s a slight variation of it later on in this same narrative as “The Fear of my father Isaac”).…