Phil Bray
What Leviticus can Teach the Church About Autism
Rated 5 out of 5 stars.(1)If they weren’t there, would we feel like an essential part of our body, a vital organ, was missing…
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WARNING large amounts of Leviticus contained inside.
Hopefully you’re here because like me, you love Leviticus. Leviticus sits at the heart of the Torah, but its tentacles pervade the entire Scriptures - lessons, allusions and references from Leviticus can be found ubiquitously throughout the Bible.
Most of the content is written by myself, Phil Bray, and every article in this blog is written with Leviticus as its heartbeat - exploring everything from the psychology of sacrifice to the joy of Jubilee. Traces of Leviticus may be present - everywhere.
And… if you’re hungry for some bite sized pieces of Leviticus on YouTube, you’ll find my channel here:
https://youtube.com/@Leviticus_is_fun?si=m8l-xGX_pwl1N4cq
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Leviticus, Livers, and the Wages of Sin - Part 2
How livers and kidneys provided a launching pad straight into the wages of sin and Paul’s use of contrasting parallelism.
Phil Bray
Leviticus, Livers, and the Wages of Sin - Part 1
Rated 5 out of 5 stars.(1)When I took a class on Hebrew poetry I realised that livers and kidneys were being used in the same way Paul wrote about the wages of sin.
Phil Bray
A Flood of Atonement
Two goats; this is new. Casting lots over the goats; this is unprecedented. And then, something never seen anywhere else in the Bible….
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Part 2: Deliver us from Evil
What evil do we pray for deliverance from? And what kind of payment can we expect from him?
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Part 1: "Forgive Us Our Debts" But What Debt Do We Owe?
When we pray forgive us our debts, what debt do we owe? Is forgive us our debt the same as forgive us our sins?
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Who We Are, Not Who We Were
An open letter to every sinner who has ever recited the confession (especially Sydney Anglicans)
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An Atonement Parable
A modern day parable on atonement, written in the style of my favourite Australian author, Tim Winton.
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Garments of Skin
Did I miss the first sacrifice in the Bible? Surely God killed an animal when He clothed Adam and Eve with garments of skin...
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How Leviticus can Save Scripture in Schools
Leviticus shows us how God communicated with His children through visceral experience. How might we implement this teaching style today?
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Hi. My name is Phil Bray. I live in Sydney Australia with my wife and 3 kids. I've been studying Leviticus, sacrifice and atonement for over 5 years. At some point I realised 2 things. First: I might have a problem. Second: I guess I'm writing a book now!
The premise for my book started with the question 'what is a living sacrifice?' and progressed to me being lost down a wombat warren investigating ancient sacrifice.
Here's my book tease.
When was the last time you smelled the incense and the roasting meat of a sacrifice? When was the last time you ate a sacrifice? It’s hard for us to know how to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice, when we’re not familiar with a dead sacrifice. And it’s hard for us as modern people to understand how Jesus can be a sacrifice, unless we understand how ancient people understood sacrifice. That’s essentially the journey my book (and this blog) will explore; how ancient people experienced sacrifice - there will, of course be lots of Leviticus, but also other ancient peoples and Israel's neighbouring nations. Then with a new (ancient) lens through which to view Jesus as a sacrifice, we might be in a better place to ask what it means to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice today.
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