I'm a middle-aged lady from Arkansas who married a Marine, traveled the world, got a degree in history, rescued some dogs, made a bunch of friends, and fell in love with the Bible. I also like to write things.
Warren Asked Me the Right Question at the Right Time I owe a great debt to Warren W. Wiersbe. He died last year, after a long and fruitful life of faith. The part of his work that I came to know and love is the “Be” series of commentaries he wrote. He wrote one … More The Thesis Statement of Leviticus & Warren Wiersbe
I’m So Glad To Be Back! I took several days after my last post to rest my eyes from the desktop monitor, and while I was doing that, our area of San Diego County experienced and confirmed its first locally-transmitted cases of the COVID-19 viral infection. My daughter’s school was shut down. My scheduled church … More Leviticus, Chapter 6:8-13 – The Law of the Burnt Offering
My Eyes Hurt, So We’re Taking a Little Bible Project Break For real, I’ve spent so much time in front of my screen in the last two weeks (more than 10 hours per day, on average)…just sitting and typing. My vision has gotten blurry around the edges; my eyes are sore; and it hurts … More Leviticus Between Chapters: 7 Bible Project Videos
Welcome back to Leviticus. Today, we’re going to go through Chapter 5 and the first seven verses of Chapter 6 to learn about the Guilt Offering. Most English translations of the Bible use the title, Guilt Offering, but some call it the Trespass Offering or the Reparation Offering. All three translations paint an adequate … More Leviticus, Chapter 5 & 6:1-7 – The Guilt Offering
The “Sin” Offering is a Purification Offering Welcome to Chapter 4 of Leviticus. I’ve chosen water images for this post’s stained glass artwork. Water is the universal solvent in science, and it is the universal cleanser in daily life. Since today’s post is all about keeping things clean, I thought water would be an … More Leviticus, Chapter 4 – The Purification Offering
In your own Bible, Leviticus chapter 3 will have one of several different titles. It might be called the Well-Being Offering. It might be be called (as it is in mine) the Fellowship Offering. Most likely, though, your Bible calls this chapter the Peace Offering. “Peace offering” is by far the most common English translation … More Leviticus Chapter 3 – The Peace Offering
Learning the Levitical Offerings One of the best things you can take away from a first study of Leviticus is an understanding of what each of the levitical offerings meant to the Ancient Israelites. Why did they make these offerings? What did they think about when they made them? What were they saying to … More Leviticus Chapter 2 – The Grain Offering
If you have not read the Introduction to this series, please go and have a look at it, first. There are foundational points outlined in that post about the book of Leviticus as a whole: who wrote it, when, why, etc. All of that is really important for understanding the original context and purpose for … More Leviticus Chapter 1 – The Burnt Offering
I planned to write about something else today. I was going to do a little piece to clarify the “clean” and “unclean” terminology in Leviticus for the Lent series, but I find myself unable to write it because I’ve got this thing pressing on me, and it’s drowning out everything else. On Monday, The Gospel … More Why TGC’s “PMS Article” Is a Problem
Introducing the Introduction Welcome to my series on Leviticus. Today is Ash Wednesday, and the first day of Lent. I can think of no better date on the liturgical calendar for starting a study of this book. Whether or not your tradition participates in the burning of the palms and the wearing of ashes, Lent … More Leviticus – An Introduction
