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Now Choose Life: Theology and Ethics in Deuteronomy is unavailable, but you can change that!

Though written thousands of years ago, the book of Deuteronomy is unmatched in its relevance for the affluent Western church of today. Moses’ words were meant to equip God’s people for living godly lives in a prosperous, pluralistic world. The cultural changes now taking place in our own social setting make the parallel between Israel and the church—and what Deuteronomy has to say—both pertinent...

When it comes to making ethical decisions, what do we do with the Old Testament? This is one of the most important and hotly debated issues in the church today. Are we simply to jettison the Hebrew Bible as irrelevant to (post)modern society? Is it legitimate to adopt a ‘pick and mix’ approach to the moral teachings of the Bible? Does the Bible as a whole, or even the Old Testament, speak with one voice on matters of morality? Such questions take
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