Leviticus: Laws for Loving God and Your Neighbor
What does Leviticus have to do with everyday family discipleship?
In this week’s episode of The Wholehearted Households Podcast, host Helen Lee introduces us to the book of Leviticus, reflecting on how rules and regulations can actually be tools for loving God and our neighbor.
Our Bible spotlight focuses on two key verses repeated several times throughout Leviticus. We learn why these verses are significant to God’s Law, how they relate to God’s character, and what implications they have for the Israelite people.
Then, our discipleship nugget highlights the law of loving your neighbor as yourself, equipping you to identify who your neighbors are and practical ways you can love them well.
Finally, our spiritual practice invites you to into a moment of intercessory prayer. Through Christ, we have become members of the royal priesthood ourselves, and through the practice of intercession, we model the tradition of the Levitical priests in offering prayers to God on behalf of others.
Wherever you listen, may you and your family be blessed by this episode as you seek to follow Jesus with your whole heart.
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Resources from the episode
This week’s Bible spotlight is adapted from Holiness: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Theology (www.ivpress.com/holiness) by Matt Ayars, Christopher T. Bounds, and Caleb T. Friedeman.
This week’s spiritual practice is adapted from Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us (www.ivpress.com/spiritual-disciplines-handbook) by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun.
Credits
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✅ Producers: Kaitlin Borek, Abby Lee, Karen Savella Stallard, and Travis Albritton
✅ Assistant Producer: Christine Pelliccio Melo
✅ Hosts: Alex Blount and Helen Lee
✅ Narrators: Kaitlin Borek, Jack Reece, and Karen Savella Stallard
✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts (honestpodcasts.com/)
✅ Social Media Manager: Makayla Payne
✅ Podcast Art: Amy Cerra
✅ Theme Song: “Elegant Flight” by Sounds Like Sanders and “Birdhouse” by EVOE
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