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to understand the New Testament with any depth at all requires a basic understanding of the Old Testament. To read more about this please go to stevenwoolley.substack.com

remember to subscribe to stevenwoolley.substack.com to be sure of receiving all posts Is there such a thing as a Christian nation? I think the answer is yes—but it depends entirely on what we mean by the word nation. In ordinary conversation, we use the word nation to mean a country. More particularly, when we say… Read more

(remember to subscribe to stevenwoolley.substack.com to be sure of getting all new articles) The United States is a secular nation in the sense that all persons are guaranteed the right to practice their religious faith, provided it does not violate the freedom or security of others. It is a guarantee challenged, sometimes violently, through prejudicial… Read more

[to be sure of getting all Country Parson posts subscribe to stevenwoolley.substack.c] My previous column expressed hope that the nation may be at a turning point—a moment when the public is more prepared to renew its commitment to our founding ideals. However important those ideals are—and I believe they are very important—they are not, by… Read more

I am grateful to all who have subscribed to Country Parson on WordPress, and I encourage you to subscribe as well at stevenwoolley.substack.com.. as for my many international readers who check in from time to time your subscriptions would also be much appreciated there is no cost. I am beginning to place greater emphasis on… Read more

The Bible’s Book of Judges tells the story of Israel’s struggle to reoccupy Canaan, the land of its origin, already inhabited by other peoples of different tribes and ethnicities. The historical veracity of Judges may be debated, but not its brutal honesty. It describes a violent, unstable time in which a people committed—at least in… Read more