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Song of Solomon: Scripture that makes you squirm

I can’t pinpoint any one embarrassing moment in my life, but I can say with all confidence that attending the movies with my parents was a comprehensive experiment in the art of embarrassment. Whenever a bad word was uttered, my father would groan like a frog.  I always thought it brought more attention than theContinue reading “Song of Solomon: Scripture that makes you squirm”

The Liberation message of Leviticus, and other thoughts on God’s Law

This month, I decided to preach the lectionary texts in church.  I don’t use the lectionary often, but when I do, God always uses those seemingly random scripture lessons in amazing ways. Until I saw the text for February 20th.  On Leviticus. You know Leviticus, right?  It’s the third book of the Torah and itContinue reading “The Liberation message of Leviticus, and other thoughts on God’s Law”