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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...

opportunity to obey in the present. Chapter 4 sharpens the focus on the present, while also anticipating choices to be made in the near and distant future. The preaching of chapters 6–11 returns to the imminent decisions facing Israel at Moab and within the land, continuing to draw on examples of the nation’s appalling record of past disobedience. So whatever one thinks about the literary history of these chapters, they display a careful and coherent development in their present form. This view has
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