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…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: Accepting God’s Judgment (chapter 10) 27 Oct 2015 The judgment and justice of God are two very controversial topics in modern theology. God has been reshaped and modeled in a way that affirms our modern ideals, especially tolerance,…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: Obedience and Glory (Leviticus 9) 20 Oct 2015 How would you respond if someone told you that God was going to appear before you today? What thoughts, fears, joys, and hopes would come to you? It must have…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: God Qualifies A Person for Ministry (Leviticus 8) 6 Oct 20156 Oct 2015 The book now shifts to its second major division: The Laws of the Priesthood. Allen Ross says, “The next section of Leviticus focuses on who has the right to offer sacrifices…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: The Expectation of Orderly Worship (6:8-7:38) 29 Sep 2015 We tend to contrast spontaneous and structured worship as if the former is more spiritual than the latter. Leviticus reveals to us that such is not true according to God. Here…
Old Testament Studies in Leviticus: Dealing with the Implications of Our Sin (Leviticus 4-6:7) 15 Sep 2015 All sins pollute. Sin contaminates us, it contaminates our families, it contaminates our communities, and even our churches. All sin has a contaminating result, even sins committed unintentionally. Yet, God…
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