Eating meat sacrificed to idols? What does that topic offer Christians today? Perhaps more than you realize! Well over a billion people belong to religions where classical idolatry is still rampant. Plus, various forms of idolatry have crept into the Christian church. We also gain important insights as Paul emphasizes the importance of loving others […]
On Idolatry and Loving Others (1 Corinthians 8:1-13) View Lesson
In the final lesson of this series, we find beautiful images of God's kindness hidden within the details of the Sabbath rest for the land, the Year of Jubilee, and instructions for redeeming one's property or enslaved relatives. We also encounter a concise, one-chapter summary of most of the Old Testament history that will follow. […]
This chapter is full of wonderful lessons for Christians. Early Christians saw the oil for the lampstand and the showbread of the tabernacle as foreshadowing significant things that have now been realized through Christ. From the tragic story of the man who cursed God and was condemned to death, we are reminded that what comes […]
Bread, Light, Evil Speech and Vengeance (Leviticus 24) View Lesson
In this teaching we first tackle the question of why Paul wrote this letter (to address two doctrinal challenges facing the church). In addressing those problems, Paul develops the foundational idea that since Christians have died and been buried with Christ, we must now be raised with Him. This concept has profound implications regarding baptism and how we live […]
In this teaching we first tackle the question of why Paul wrote this letter (to address two doctrinal challenges facing the church). In addressing those problems, Paul develops the foundational idea that since Christians have died and been buried with Christ, we must now be raised with Him. This concept has profound implications regarding baptism and how we live […]
The offerings of the Levitical priests foreshadow our own service to God, as indicated throughout the New Testament. Therefore, God’s instruction in Leviticus regarding what was an “acceptable offering" can help unlock wonderful insights that apply to us today. This instruction points to significant aspects of baptism, confessing sin, and the Lord’s Supper. Perhaps the […]
Deep in the text of Leviticus we now encounter the very heart of the Old Testament, the famous call to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18). Jesus said that this was one of the two Old Testament commandments upon which hang “all the Law and the Prophets. In this lesson we explore how this simple command […]
The Second Greatest Commandment (Leviticus 19:1-19) View Lesson
Suffering as a Christian has been the overarching theme of this letter of Peter. Here Peter addresses the personal, internal suffering that comes from denying our own desires for sins of the flesh. Then he calls us to devote ourselves to four things: being watchful in prayer, having fervent love for one another, being hospitable, […]
Moses pitched his tent outside the camp, and would go there to speak with the Lord. It says the Lord "spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend." Do you speak to God "as with a friend"? Are we supposed to speak with God like this? Is that kind of […]