- “Spiritual”
- “About Spiritual things…” (v1-3)
- Reframing gifts (v4-6)
- Diversity and unity (v7-13)
- Diverse gifts
- One source, one purpose
- A parable of diversity (v14-20)
- A parable of unity (v21-26)
- Once more: diversity! (v27-31)
- Nuclear Danger
- Performing the Day of Atonement
- Nadab and Abihu
- Words in sevens
- The scapegoat
- Understanding the Day of Atonement
- Purification not forgiveness
- Creation parallels
- Anticipation
- Fulfilling the Day of Atonement
- Inner West foodies
- To eat or not to eat (v 1-23)
- Land swarmers and death (v24-40)
- Become holy, not defiled (v41-47)
- Echoes of Eden
- Time for a new diet?
- Sacrifice and ritual associated with becoming a priest
- Defiling of the Tabernacle
- What does this mean for us?
- Looking in the Mirror
- Sin and the offering for sin
- The Lord spoke to Moses
- Types of sins
- Types of sinners
- Types of sacrifice
- Making sacrifices
- God’s stance towards sin and sinners
- Sin matters
- Therefore, sinners should run to God
- And be assured of forgiveness
- The tourist
- When one of you brings an offering
- What a burnt offering is
- How to present a burnt offering
- Thinking deeper about Leviticus 1
- Inclusivity (v2)
- A costly, but voluntary, gift
- A selfless gift
- A striking opening
- Sacrifice now?
- Part 1: Zechariah 1-6
- Introduction: A call to return to the Lord (1:1-6)
- Eight night visions of Zechariah (1:7-6:8)
- Vision 1: A man among the myrtle trees (1:7-17)
- Vision 2: four horns and four craftsmen (1:18-21)
- Vision 3: A man with a measuring line (2:1-3)
- Vision 4: Clean garments for the high priest (3:1-10)
- Vision 5: A gold lampstand and two olive trees (4:1-14)
- Vision 6: A flying scroll (5:1-4)
- Vision 7: A woman in a basket (5:5-11)
- Vision 8: Four chariots (6:1-8)
- A crown for Joshua the High Priest (6:9-15)
- Part 2: Zechariah 7-8
- From Fasting to Feasting (7:1-8:23)
- Justice and mercy, not fasting (7:1-14)
- The LORD promises to bless Jerusalem (8:1-23)
- From Fasting to Feasting (7:1-8:23)
- Part 3: Zechariah 9-14
- First prophetic message: God’s rule and human leaders (ch 9-11)
- The LORD returns (9:1-17)
- Judgement on Israel’s enemies (9:1-8)
- The coming of Zion’s king (9:9-10)
- The LORD will appear (9:11-17)
- The LORD will care for Judah (10:1-11:3)
- Two shepherds: an enacted parable (11:4-17)
- The LORD returns (9:1-17)
- Second prophetic message: Day of destiny in Jerusalem (ch 12-14)
- Jerusalem’s enemies to be destroyed (12:1-9)
- Mourning for the One they pierced (12:10-14)
- Cleansing from sin (13:1-6)
- The shepherd struck, the sheep scattered (13:7-9)
- The LORD comes and reigns (14:1-21)
- First prophetic message: God’s rule and human leaders (ch 9-11)
- Bad times ahead, evil within
Reading set 1 (Habakkuk 1:1-11)
- Judgement not delayed
- Judgement of bad by worse?
Reading set 2 (Habakkuk 1:12-2:20)
- Judgement of the tools of judgement
- Collateral damage in judgement?
Reading 3 (Habakkuk 3:1-19)
- Completion of Judgement
- Trust when everything is bad
- God’s people in Exile
- Edom’s crimes against Judah v10-14
- God’s Judgement on Edom v1-9
- God’s Judgement on His People
- God’s Kingdom Restoration v15-21
- Living as Kingdom Envoys