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Naked Before God: Trials and Tribulations

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Don Merritt

Praying in true humility can be difficult for us, particularly early in our Christian walk, yet for many of us, getting through the trials and tribulations of this life may be even more difficult. These are times of disappointments, problems, … Continue reading →

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Naked Before God: Praying in Humility

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Don Merritt

It has been longer since my last post in this series than I would have liked; as you may recall when I last posted on being naked before God, I was giving the first practical suggestion: Recovering the wonder of … Continue reading →

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Naked Before God and the Wonder of it All

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Don Merritt

Last time, we ended with my saying that in this next post, it would be time to look at the concept of naked before God in a practical rather than an abstract way, so it might seem odd to begin … Continue reading →

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Naked Before God, part 2

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Don Merritt

Last time we came to an important understanding in this study of the metaphor that is nakedness before God and that understanding is that we are always naked before Him, for none of us has or ever will have secrets … Continue reading →

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Nakedness as a Metaphor in Scripture: The New Testament

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Don Merritt

You might have thought after our last post on this subject that it’s all well and good to discuss nakedness in the Old Testament, but we live under the New Testament, and many things changed because of what Jesus has … Continue reading →

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Nakedness as a Metaphor in Scripture: Perspective

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Don Merritt

I’ve heard people say that nakedness is always bad in Scripture; pastors, professors, regular folks; this idea seems to be widely held. Yet as we have already seen in this study, it may be widely held, but it isn’t quite … Continue reading →

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Nakedness as a Metaphor in Scripture: Word Study… “ervah”

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Don Merritt

In the last post on nakedness as a Biblical metaphor, we reviewed the Hebrew words arowm and eyrom. We found that both of these words mean nakedness, a state being in the absence of clothing. Both words we found to … Continue reading →

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Nakedness as a Metaphor in Scripture: Word Study…”arowm” and “eyrom”

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Don Merritt

In our examination of nakedness as a metaphor in Scripture, we need to look into the instances where nakedness is mentioned in the Scriptures in an effort to figure out what is going on before we can draw any sort … Continue reading →

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Nakedness as a Metaphor in Scripture: An introduction

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Don Merritt

Nakedness in Scripture is actually a fascinating study that very few undertake these days, because it may sound to many like something that appeals to some sort of prurient interest. I can recall vividly the way undergrads reacted when I … Continue reading →