This is an excerpt from the sixth chapter of Fear Not: How the Gospel Disrupts Our Deepest Anxieties by Luke Kjolhaug (1517 Publishing, 2026).
We draw near because Christ our Mediator has gone where we never could, and he has brought us with him.
The Israelite God was different from all the other gods, thus, the worship of Yahweh differed from that of all other gods.

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I got your life application right here! First off, Happy New Year! It's 2019 and there's a sense of optimism floating about in the air.
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When bishops err we must not follow...We must obey God before man.
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It's hard wired into our brain. We can't help ourselves.
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