Teaching from Midtown Fellowship's Downtown church in Columbia, SC. We exist to be a Jesus-centered family on mission.
Timestamps:
1:21 - What do we mean by the “history books” of the Old Testament?
11:28—What does Deuteronomy have to do with these books? And what is the overall message of the History/Former Prophets?
16:35 - How does the book of Joshua fit into the History/Former Prophets?
18:00 - How does the book of Judges fit into the History/Former Prophets?
20:25 - How does the book of Samuel fit into the History/Former Prophets?
23:38 - How does the book of Kings fit into the History/Former Prophets?
28:07 - Why do the History/Former Prophets matter within the scope of the Bible?
RESOURCES
“The Hebrew vs the Christian ordering of the Old Testament"
Check out MidtownBiblicalLiteracy.com for videos, book recommendations, and Bible reading plans
How-to Study the Bible handout
How to Study Historical Narrative handout
Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible by Stephen Dempster
Old Testament Narrative Books: The Israel Story by Gary Edward Schnittjer
Sermons
Ghosts and Ancestors: Torah Stories sermon series - Lexington | Downtown | Two Notch
Ruth sermon series - Lexington | Downtown | Two Notch
Text-In Questions
Throughout the year, we want to know the concepts and passages you wrestle with. We'll answer some of these questions in podcast episodes throughout the year.
To submit your topic or question, text either "DOWNTOWN", “LEXINGTON”, OR “TWO NOTCH” followed by your topic to 855-855-0655.
Music by Levvy and Midtown Music
For this episode, we interviewed Dr. Jay Sklar. Jay Sklar is vice president of academics and professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary. He has written commentaries on Numbers and Exodus (forthcoming with Crossway), and two on Leviticus (TOTC and ZECOT). He has also published a website of resources to help those preaching or teaching in Genesis through Deuteronomy.
Timestamps
2:22 - What were your initial impressions of the Bible?
6:24 - Why did you decide to pursue doctoral work in the Old Testament?
9:08 - Why did you decide to specialize in Leviticus?
10:12 - How would you broadly summarize Leviticus?
11:59 - What makes Leviticus so tricky to understand?
17:35 - How do we make sense of impurity laws?
28:42 - Is the Day of Atonement really the centerpiece of understanding Leviticus and the Torah?
33:22 - How do we understand Leviticus in light of the New Testament?
37:24 - If Jesus fulfilled Leviticus, why should we even bother reading it?
40:32 - How do we extrapolate and practice the wisdom principles from the commands in Leviticus?
43:15 - What does abiding with Jesus in Scripture and prayer look like for you?
Resources
Leviticus: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Jay Sklar
Numbers (The Story of God Bible Commentary) by Jay Sklar
Preach and Teach the Bible website
Also Dr. Sklar has a number of (free!) commentaries and articles available on The Gospel Coalition that you can check out here.
Check out MidtownBiblicalLiteracy.com for videos, book recommendations, and Bible reading plans
And check out our other site on the spiritual practices…FollowingJesusTogether.com
Sermons
Ghosts and Ancestors: Torah Stories sermon series - Lexington | Downtown | Two Notch
Ruth sermon series - Lexington | Downtown | Two Notch
Text-In Questions
Throughout the year, we want to know the concepts and passages you wrestle with. We'll answer some of these questions in podcast episodes throughout the year.
To submit your topic or question, text either "DOWNTOWN", “LEXINGTON”, OR “TWO NOTCH” followed by your topic to 855-855-0655.
Music by Levvy and Midtown Music
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