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The Priority of Love

Dennis J. Prutow | March 15, 2006

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“Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, ...


Grace and Good Works

Dennis J. Prutow | February 01, 2006

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The canons and decrees of the Council of Trent (1545-1563) remain authoritative in the Catholic Church. As the Catholic Encyclopedia indicates, the ...


Life for Life

Dennis J. Prutow | January 01, 2006

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As we discussed last month, Christ entered the world to suffer and die. But why by blood? Leviticus 17:11 says, “For the life of the flesh is in the ...


Born to Die

Dennis J. Prutow | December 08, 2005

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Behold, a virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His Name Immanuel, which translated means, God with us” (Matt. 1:23). ...


Offerings for Sin

Dennis J. Prutow | November 06, 2005

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In our discussion of the Old Testament offerings, Leviticus 4 brings us to the sin offerings. People who sin unknowingly or unintentionally make these ...


Peace Offerings and Our Peace

Dennis J. Prutow | October 03, 2005

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The whole burnt offerings of Leviticus 1 are the basic offerings of the ceremonial law. We’ve discussed them in the past two columns. The whole ...


Grain Offerings and You

Dennis J. Prutow | September 01, 2005

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As we discussed in last month’s column, Leviticus 2 requires grain offerings. These are second in line after the whole burnt offerings. What is ...


Cain and the Grain

Dennis J. Prutow | August 08, 2005

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The sacrifices and offerings in the Old Testament actually pointed toward Christ and His work on behalf of sinners, as we began to discuss last ...


The Gospel According to Leviticus

Dennis J. Prutow | July 05, 2005

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The first chapters of the Book of Leviticus speak of the sacrifices and offerings God required of Israel. Because these offerings were part of the ...


Proving Your Faith

Dennis J. Prutow | June 01, 2005

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When Paul speaks of the wilderness experience of the people of Israel, he says, “These things happened to them as an example, and they were written ...


Comparing Old and New Testaments

Dennis J. Prutow | May 01, 2005

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In connecting the dots between the Old and New Testaments, we’ve seen that Scripture sometimes makes formal comparisons using similes. Old Testament ...


Psalms of the New Covenant

Dennis J. Prutow | February 01, 2005

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We have been connecting dots, so to speak, between the Old Testament and the New Testament. In the last column, we discussed David as a type of ...


David and Jesus

Dennis J. Prutow | January 01, 2005

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Long after King David passed from the scene, God promised, “Then I will set over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them; he will ...


A Type of Life

Dennis J. Prutow | December 10, 2004

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The wilderness journey of Israel from Mount Sinai to the Promised Land is not simply a part of biblical history. It is like our journey as Christians ...


Baptism Points Us to Heaven

Dennis J. Prutow | July 01, 2002

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Worship is an approach to and entrance into heaven and God’s special, gracious presence. Just as God regulates entrance into heaven, He also ...


Participating in Communion

Dennis J. Prutow | June 03, 2002

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In past columns, we’ve discussed the fact that God’s people assembled for worship are a piece of heaven. As a worshiping assembly, we are ...


Other-Worldly Worship

Dennis J. Prutow | May 20, 2002

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As you assemble for worship as a corporate body, you are “a holy temple in the Lord” (Eph. 2:21). You “are being built together into ...


Heavenly Regulations

Dennis J. Prutow | April 17, 2002

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We’ve made three points about the people of God gathered for worship. First, God’s people coming together for worship form a New Testament ...


Tasting Heaven

Dennis J. Prutow | March 25, 2002

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To emphasize that we meet with God and encounter His special gracious presence in worship, we’ve looked at our responsibility to ...


What’s Special About Worshiping Together?

Dennis J. Prutow | February 02, 2002

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Worship is giving honor and praise to God, who alone is worthy of all glory and blessing. When we gather together in worship as the assembly of ...