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“The Masculine Mandate, God’s Calling to Men” by Richard D. Phillips
Phillips, Richard D. The Masculine Mandate, God’s Calling to Men. Orlando: Reformation Trust, 2010. What is a man? Richard Phillips proposes that the meaning of manhood can only be found in connection the fact that men are created by and for God in Genesis 2. He doesn’t touch on the biological aspects of what it is to be a man, but more on the spiritual and functional aspects of what it is to be a man. The first section of the book (chapters…
Genesis 24 – Rebekah & Isaac Marry
Abraham sent his servant to find a wife for Isaac from his family without taking Isaac to his family. If the woman won’t come the servant would be free from his oath. The servant took a lot of provisions, and as they stopped for water by Nahor’s town (Aram-naharaim), when the women went to draw water. The servant asked God for success and asked for Isaac’s bride to be a woman to be one who gives both him and his…