I frequently need John Sailhamer’s reminder that Scripture really is Scripture. Let me explain. Sailhamer points out how easily we can use Scripture, especially in historical narrative, as just a means to learn what really happened. We can look through the Bible in attempt to find out what actually happened in the Bible. This approach …
After being exiled from Eden, Genesis 4 tells us that Adam and Eve had two sons, whom they named Cain and Abel. "Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground, and …
What would you do if you survived the apocalypse and were one of only a handful of people left on the planet? Plenty of fiction has been produced exploring that premise, but we don’t need to turn to fiction, for Noah found himself in that very circumstance. Having found grace in God’s sight for being …
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The LORD called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying, Leviticus 1:1 ESV Leviticus is a manual for proper worship. “Worship is addressed in every single chapter in Leviticus. It is Israel’s orienting center” (Palmer, 823). And center is a very fitting word. The Torah, the first five books of the …
Author As with the other books of the Torah or Pentateuch, Moses has traditionally been acknowledged as the author of Leviticus. Since Jesus affirms Moses’ authorship of the Torah generally, we are well within reason to do so with Leviticus specifically. Theme Yahweh gives Moses instructions for how His covenant people can enter into His …
The following is the manuscript of the sermon preached yesterday morning by George Higginbotham. Last April I began to read through the book of Leviticus in anticipation of the sermon series our pastor will begin next week. No doubt some of you know what I encountered reading Leviticus. Even our pastor has mentioned that this …
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The following is the manuscript of the sermon preached last Sunday by Jase Hammock. You can read more from Jase at his blog here. In the introduction sermon, I made the point that Lamentations 1:1 and all of chapter 1 highlights the loss of Eden. A part of that loss was the loss of the image of …
Martin Luther once wrote of theological education, saying: And further, if I could bring it to pass among you I should like to ask that you do not neglect the languages but, since it would not be too difficult for you, that you have your preachers and some of your gifted boys learn Latin, Greek, …
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The following is the manuscript of the sermon preached last Sunday by Jase Hammock. You can read more from Jase at his blog here. “How lonely sits the city that was full of people!How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave.” Lamentations 1:1 …
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The following is the manuscript of the sermon preached yesterday morning by Pastor John Richards. You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. You are the …
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