Through the Bible in a Year: Leviticus

This week’s through the Bible reading through Leviticus, which we will chew through in a week.

Mon: Ch. 1-6
Tues: Ch. 7-11
Wed: Ch. 12-16
Thur: Ch. 17-21
Fri: Ch. 22-27

Exciting goal in front of me this week! Keep Leviticus interesting! It’s one of the more complained-about books among new Bible readers. I’ll try to give hints to keep it simple and to dissect that collection of laws into something not only memorable, but worth remembering.

I’m only a day ahead right now. Tomorrow’s post is done, and I’ve moved from the "get sicker and sicker" phase of my treatment to the "get better and better phase."

That’s a way to say please pray for me. I love doing these things. It would be great to get ahead and have a couple days leeway … actually, preferably a week.

Please give me feedback! For any of you that are scared to give me negative feedback, know that I handle constructive criticism very well. I’m really not looking for, "You’re an arrogant jerk," or, "I completely disagree with everything you teach." If that’s the case, it’s more polite to just move on to someone you agree with. But, "Wasn’t that a little extreme?" or "Is it really okay to say that so confidently?" is input I’m looking for.

Your own idea that you might think is important would be great, too.

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About Paul Pavao

I am married, the father of six, and currently the grandfather of five. I teach, and I am always trying to learn to disciple others better than I have before. I believe God has gifted me to restore proper theological foundations to the Christian faith. In order to ensure that I do not become a heretic, I read the early church fathers from the second and third centuries. They were around when all the churches founded by the apostles were in unity. My philosophy for Bible reading is to understand each verse for exactly what it says in its local context. Only after accepting the verse for what it says do I compare it with other verses to develop my theology. If other verses seem to contradict a verse I just read, I will wait to say anything about those verses until I have an explanation that allows me to accept all the verses for what they say. This takes time, sometimes years, but eventually I have always been able to find something that does not require explaining verses away. The early church fathers have helped a lot with this. I argue and discuss these foundational doctrines with others to make sure my teaching really lines up with Scripture. I am encouraged by the fact that the several missionaries and pastors that I know well and admire as holy men love the things I teach. I hope you will be encouraged too. I am indeed tearing up old foundations created by tradition in order to re-establish the foundations found in Scripture and lived on by the churches during their 300 years of unity.
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