Thrive Perspectives: Leviticus. Superfluous?

About this episode

The episode explores the relevance of the laws in Leviticus and Deuteronomy for today's believers.

Those dense chapters of Leviticus and Deuteronomy . . . are they ancient history, or do they still have a claim on us? Which commands were for Israel then, and which, if any, are for God’s people now? What happens when holiness has rules, worship has regulations, and everyday life is wrapped in “you shall” and “you shall not”? And when we hit the strange, the confronting, or the culturally distant, are we tempted to throw it all out as irrelevant—discarding not just the specifics, but the principles beneath them? Let’s slow down long enough to ask ourselves what these laws were shaping, protecting, and revealing, what might they show us about God’s character—and our own—today? Thrive Deeper Episode - Levticus

Topics covered

• Leviticus
• Deuteronomy
• holiness
• worship
• God's character

Keywords

• ancient history
• commands
• Israel
• principles
• cultural relevance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Leviticus, Deuteronomy

Places: Israel

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