Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: The Rhythms of Celebration 12 Jan 2016 The celebration of God's grace, justice, and power ought to be more than an occasional thing for the believer. Those individuals who make time twice a year (Christmas & Easter) to…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: Unblemished Service (Leviticus 21-22) 5 Jan 2016 Often, our churches look like their pastors. That’s a scary thought, since I serve as a pastor and think of all the sins and weaknesses with which I still wrestle.…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: You Shall Be Holy (Chapters 19 & 20) 22 Dec 2015 If Leviticus has stressed anything for the reader it is the essential nature of holiness in the life of the people of God. This holiness is necessary because it is…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: The Sanctity of Sex (Leviticus 18) 15 Dec 201515 Dec 2015 It is perhaps surprising to the modern reader that God’s Word says so much about sexual intimacy. Sex and sexuality, after all, are part of that isolated realm of personal…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: There’s Power in the Blood (Chapter 17) 8 Dec 2015 We've seen it again and again throughout our study of Leviticus, this is a bloody book. Chapter 17 in particular is focused around the concept of blood. In this section…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: The Day of Atonement (Chapter 16) 1 Dec 2015 "This is to be a lasting ordinance for you," says the Lord. The annual ritual of the Day of Atonement was a major event in the life of Israel. It…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: A Fungus Among Us (Leviticus 13 & 14) 24 Nov 2015 Spiritual death has a physical component to it. The original curse issued by God in the Garden of Eden came with physical implications: hard labor, painful childbirth, and the promise…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: The Whole in Our Holiness (Chapters 12 & 15) Part 2 17 Nov 2015 Sometimes the Bible surprises us in its beauty and majesty, at other times it surprises us in its rather gross detail. We find the latter to be evident in chapters…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: The Whole in Our Holiness (Leviticus 12 & 15) Part 1 10 Nov 2015 Leviticus 12 and 15 are easily some of the most uncomfortable chapters in the Bible. The text discusses issues which we do not discuss in public, and which we rarely…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: You Are What You Eat (Leviticus 11) 3 Nov 2015 Modern American culture has its own food laws these days. We’ve created a new code for what determines ethical eating. The Israelite dietary laws, however, were quite different. They were…
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