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Preaching Christ from Leviticus: Foundations for Expository Sermons is unavailable, but you can change that!

For pastors who take seriously the commitment to incorporate the entire Bible into their preaching, Sidney Greidanus’s books on preaching Christ from the major genres of the Old Testament have been a welcome gift. In his last such volume, Greidanus engages with the Old Testament genre of law and treats a book that is often seen as the most challenging of all: Leviticus. Preaching Christ from...

the offering kept nothing for himself. The whole animal was dedicated to the LORD.41 It was a sign of the worshiper’s total dedication to the LORD. Moreover, the LORD stipulated, “You shall offer a male42 without blemish.” It has to be a perfect specimen: without blemish. Costly indeed! Gordon Wenham comments, “In the overfed West we can easily fail to realize what was involved in offering an unblemished animal in sacrifice. Meat was a rare luxury in OT times for all but the very rich (cf. Nathan’s
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