Deuteronomy for the Church

"Justice, only justice" is Deuteronomy''s terse summary of what Yahweh requires of the people of God. What Deuteronomy reveals is that the competence to be God''s people, to know God, and to do God''s will comes only through hearing the transforming Word of God in Scripture.

Deuteronomy sets the scene for hearing God''s Word in the wilderness as Moses addresses a new, in-between generation of "all ...