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The Kinsman-Redeemer

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The classic illustration of redemption is found in the Book of Ruth.  The framework of this touching idyll consists of two clauses of ancient Hebrew legislation: the law of Levirate marriage, rendering compulsory the widow’s marriage to her late husband’s next of kin, Deut 25:5-10, and the law of the kinsman redeemer, Lev 25:25-34.  Adied by these two enactments, Ruth, the loyal but poverty-stricken stranger, was able to marry into the best family in the district and to become the ancestress of King David and of the Messiah.…

The London Men’s Convention, 18th April 2009

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Last Saturday I attended, for the first time, the London Men’s Convention.  Ten of us drove down from Norwich to an aircraft hangar in London’s Docklands that goes by the name of ExCeL  Royal Albert Hall it certainly isn’t, but you can’t keep nearly 4,000 men down, especially when stirred by the preaching of Tim Keller and others, and by the music of Stuart Townend.

The theme of the day was ‘The Man for all Men: Be Men of Jesus’, and the four main talks covered,

  1. He came as King (Matthew 14:22-33) – Wes McNabb
  2. He died for sins (John 19:23-37) – Tim Keller
  3. He rose to rule (John 20:1-3, 10-18 – Tim Keller
  4. He will return in glory (2 Thessalonians 1:1-12) – Mike Cain
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