Indian River Baptist Church
As we move forward in the story of Scripture, we come to the book of Leviticus. Leviticus is always a hard book for the church today to grapple with because so much of it involves laws of sacrifices, festivals, and purity laws that we believe do not apply to Christians today (see Acts 15). So…
Continue Reading Story of Scripture: Holiness (Introduction to Leviticus)
After Moses’ encounter with the Lord and his glory in Exodus 34, we see that the book moves into a rather large final section in which the Lord gives Moses more commands about how Israel should live in their covenant with him. The majority of the remainder of the book focuses on instructions for building…
Following the Golden Calf incident, we come into one of the most important parts of the book of Exodus, as we see the Lord’s grace and mercy on full display. After Moses pleads with the Lord to spare Israel, the Lord shows his grace and mercy even further. First, we see a description of Moses…
Continue Reading Story of Scripture: Face to Face with the Lord
As we dig into the different virtues that make up the Fruit of the Spirit, we see that the first one in the list is love. We probably will not spend a whole week on each virtue, but love is at the core of what it means to be a follower of Jesus, so it…
We are beginning a new series on the Fruit of the Spirit, from Galatians 5. Before we get into the specific virtues described in this passage, though, I think it is worth looking at the broader context in which these virtues appear. One of the key elements of Galatians is that Paul is writing to…
This week, we watched the final video in Bible Project’s Creation series, looking at John 1. This chapter has become known as John’s Prologue, and it is a beautiful retelling of the creation story in a way that puts Jesus at the very center of it. John’s opening calls our minds back to Genesis 1…
