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The Unity of Body and Soul
Last week in my sermon I made a comment that a Western view of the world more easily abstracts the physical from the whole mesh of...

Christopher Diebold
Nov 28, 20233 min read
Growth in Holiness
Moving from the Day of Atonement and its fulfillment in Christ to the holiness code of Leviticus 17-20, we move conceptually from the day...

Christopher Diebold
Nov 22, 20233 min read
The Importance of Christ's Exaltation
As we consider the Day of Atonement and its fulfillment in Christ, we can discern a distinctly cosmic bent to the whole matter. To a...

Christopher Diebold
Nov 15, 20233 min read
Accounting for Distinctive Living
In the aftermath of Nadab and Abihu’s innovating worship that ended up getting them fried to a crisp, the Lord speaks to Aaron directly...

Christopher Diebold
Nov 2, 20233 min read
Re-creation and the Tabernacle
In an earlier reflection, I raised the observation that the tabernacle represented a kind of miniature model of the universe, a...

Christopher Diebold
Oct 26, 20233 min read
The Extent of the Forgiveness of Sin
In the regulations that describe the sin or purification offering in Leviticus 4-5, there is an important word that sets the context:...

Christopher Diebold
Oct 17, 20233 min read
Eating the Fat
By the time we get to the end of Leviticus 3, we begin to see some clear patterns in the rituals and restrictions that were a part of the...

Christopher Diebold
Oct 12, 20233 min read
The Grace of the Grain Offering
In our look at the burnt offering in Leviticus 1, I noted that the context and content of the offering suggested two important ideas....

Christopher Diebold
Oct 3, 20233 min read
The Tabernacle and Creation
As we begin a selective series through the book of Leviticus, we start with the first sacrifice described, the burnt offering. But the...

Christopher Diebold
Sep 27, 20233 min read
Confident Eschatology
As the Farewell Discourse proper ends – the discourse is concluded with the high priestly prayer – Jesus looks to bring comfort to His...
Jared Smith
Sep 21, 20232 min read
Asking Questions
In the course of Jesus’ farewell discourse, he says some things that can be difficult for us to wrap our minds around. One of the more...

Christopher Diebold
Sep 14, 20233 min read
Salvation and the Unevangelized
As Jesus explains to his disciples that their continued lives and ministries will be beset with challenges on account of the hatred of...

Christopher Diebold
Sep 5, 20233 min read
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