This is Scott Han and I want to welcome you to the Road to Amaeus, a podcast from the St Paul Center. In the decline in fall of Sacred Scripture,

in the decline in fall of Sacred Scripture, Scott Hahn and Benjamin Waiker

uncover the disturbing trends in Scripture scholarship that have contributed to our current

crisis of fate. But they also show why we should be skeptical of the skeptics and why we should

trust the Bible. Learn more in our show notes at St Paul Center.com forward slash road. Moses becomes another model of prayer where in Exodus 3 he actually implores the Lord to reveal his name.

I am who I am, being itself.

And then in Exodus 33, even more profoundly, after the sin of the golden calf, Moses discovers

the unnecessary power when God reveals a new name, I will be merciful, I be gracious a name which the prophets come back to

again and again for it ends up not only being Israel's only hope but their

eternal life insurance that God is merciful and gracious more than we ever expected,

more than we even dared to ask that he longs to show mercy to us even more than we want

him to.

And as you continue to see this covenant drama

through the stages of salvation history,

in the old, building up to the new, you come to something that I believe is really crucial

and that is the fulfillment of the old by Christ.

Now I mentioned earlier the high priestly prayer of Jesus which in so many ways is a model

because it not only shows the communion of the Father and the Son, but the Son uniting his human will to the divine in a way that brings us

salvation.

You know, I hesitate to say this because I know it's not easy and it's not for everybody,

but I want to really recommend the work of Pope and Meredith Benedict the 16th.

This is sort of a parenthetical aside,

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