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The Temple as a Thin Place
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Mark D. Roberts
Part 5 of series: Thin Places Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series After God established the Tabernacle as “sanctuary” for the Israelites so that he might “dwell in their midst” (Exod 25:8), he continued to “camp” among his people in a temporary, portable dwelling. Many generations passed, until David became the king…
More Thin Places in Exodus
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Mark D. Roberts
Part 4 of series: Thin Places Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In my last post, I examined Mt. Sinai as a thin place, that is, a place where God is experienced with unusual propinquity. (Now there’s a word I haven’t used or even thought of in about thirty years. “Propinquity” means…
Mt. Sinai as a Thin Place
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Mark D. Roberts
Part 2 of series: Thin Places Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series If a thin place is defined as a place where God’s presence is known with particular immediacy, then there are several stunning thin places in Exodus . . . sort of. As we’ll see, they don’t exactly seem to fit…
The First Thin Place
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Mark D. Roberts
Part 2 of series: Thin Places Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series First, I want to thank those of you who have given feedback on this series, either through your comments or through emails to me. Your theological and experiential input has been very helpful. As always, I am terribly grateful for…
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