Thy Strong Word — Free-Text First Friday: Sacred Trash: What Ancient Holy Garbage Reveals About God’s People

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Think about the trash you took out this week. If someone dug through a year of your discards, what would they learn about you, about your priorities, about your faith? On this special Free-Text First Friday, the Rev. Mark Duerr gives us a brief, but fascinating tour of the ancient world’s favissa pits, the holy trash dumps where sacred objects were ritually buried after use. From the execration tablets of Egypt to the fertility figurines of Canaan, from the recent excavations at Shiloh under Dr. Scott Stripling to the pagan healing votives at the Pool of Bethesda, what these peoples threw away tells us what they worshiped.

The Rev. Mark Duerr, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Monroe, MI, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to discuss the archeological discoveries at sacred disposal sites.

View a video livestream of this episode, including the images discussed, here: youtu.be/rhkFYXTDoWc