The historian, Mark Noll wrote, “The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind.” He claimed that evangelicals do not like to think critically about scripture, preferring a literalistic hermeneutic. Today’s message is going to be heavy. I will be drawing from many parts of scripture and alluding to some extra-biblical sources because today’s passage requires that. But my plea to you is this. Let us prove Noll wrong. So let’s get started.
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