Little Steps Closer

Little Steps Closer. The story of the Bible is one of exile and reconciliation. At the beginning of Genesis we chose to go our own way and left God’s presence, and in Revelation the followers of Jesus are welcomed back into paradise. In-between the story is, by stages, one of God bringing us back. Between …

What’s With All The Offerings?

What's With All The Offerings? What’s with all the offerings in Leviticus? The book is chock full of them, and it can get very confusing trying to tell them apart, or understand what they’re for. There are burnt offerings, grain offerings, fellowship offerings, sin offerings and guilt offerings. What were they? What is the difference …

It’s All About Holiness

It's All About Holiness. Holiness is a big deal in Leviticus. The word is mentioned 56 times, more than any other book of the Bible (Isaiah and Acts, both longer books, use it 54 times). The phrases ‘be holy’ and ‘become holy’ are used 15 times, which is twice as many as Exodus, Numbers & …

Context is Everything

Context is Everything. Welcome back to my blog-series on Leviticus. In the first post (which you can find here), I made the case for why we should read it at all. In this second post I want to lay some of the groundwork for reading it in context. For those who know me, context is …