Leviticus 3:1–17Main Idea: Our sin separates us from God, but God offers us fellowship with Him, and we experience that fellowship according to His Word and through Jesus.I. We See the Need for Reconc...  Read More

Leviticus 2:1–16Main Idea: The God we worship is the Lord of all and the provider of all good things, so we offer our best gifts to Him and live pure lives to express our gratitude and worship.I. We E...  Read More

Leviticus 1:1–17Main Idea: God’s holiness requires atonement for sin before we can be in His presence, and He graciously provides the means for atonement.I. God Speaks His Truth to Us.II. God Invites ...  Read More

As we commence our journey into the life of Moses, we learn that at the time of his birth the Israelites were in a “Philadelphia” of sorts (or perhaps it would be better to say they were in an “Egypt”...  Read More

“Does the rain have a father?Who sires the drops of dew?From whose womb comes the ice?” (38:28-29)Much of the Lord’s first discourse to Job concerns the weather or, to use an earthier term, the elemen...  Read More

“Have you ever given orders to the morning,or shown the dawn its place?” (38:12)The Lord’s answer to Job assumes something of the form of a three-ring circus. “And now, for My next act . . .” he annou...  Read More

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? . . .Who laid its cornerstone,while the morning stars sang togetherand all the angels shouted for joy?” (38:4, 6-7)The Lord begins His cross-examina...  Read More

“[God] unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heavenand sends it to the ends of the earth.After that comes the sound of his roar. . . .God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways;he does great things be...  Read More

“No one can look at the sun,bright as it is in the skiesafter the wind has swept them clean.Out of the north he comes in golden splendor;God comes in awesome majesty.” (37:21-22)While it is easy to se...  Read More

The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.” (37:23)In Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting For Godot, two absurd little men in bowler ...  Read More

“Who is this who darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?” (38:2)The Lord’s first words to Job contain a message that all theologians and priests, all pastors and Christian counselors, all tea...  Read More

Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm. (38:1)As sensational as the ending of this book is, many readers have found the Lord’s answer to Job oddly unsatisfying. In the first place, it does not se...  Read More