... that, of course, is what today is. Many of you are looking forward to New Year’s Eve parties. I’ve always appreciated writer Bill Vaughan’s words: “Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced ... seems familiar.” The man declared, “Why, Art, I’m your old buddy Sam! We went to high school together! We went out on double-dates!” Miller still couldn’t place him. Sam continued, “I guess you can see I’ve done alright--department stores. What ...
... 3:6; 17:2; 1 Kgs. 14:23; 2 Kgs. 16:4; 17:10). Cf. Holladay, “ ‘On Every High Hill’ ”; Vaughan, “ ‘Bāmā’ ”; and Whitney, “ ‘Bamoth.’ ” It is noticeable, however, that the technical term bāmôt (usually translated ... of all slaughter for food to sacrifices at the sanctuary. On this issue, and on the relationship of both texts to the event in 1 Sam. 14:31–35, see McConville, Law and Theology, pp. 42–48. 12:31 On the Israelite abhorrence of the Canaanite practice of child-sacrifice, ...
