I had originally titled this post Getting Through Leviticus, until I glanced at the post below it and felt ashamed that I would even call reading Leviticus “getting through it.”  If dying can be gain, then reading Leviticus can be gain.

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

Last Wednesday, John Piper shared some advice on listening to an audio version of Leviticus as an aid to reading it.  But I’m reading through Leviticus right now, and I still have a hard time figuring out how the Levitical law is going to be helpful for me.

So here’s another tip that I think has been helping me.  Ligon Duncan preached through Leviticus back in ’04-’05, and you can read through his commentary on the First Pres website.  In addition, there’s audio versions of the sermons available to get you through chapters 3-7 (and audio for almost all of Numbers!).  Since these made up the bulk of the Wednesday night sermons for 2005, Dr. Duncan worked a lot more into them than just commentary on how the priests were supposed to obey the law.  He brings out a lot of what we can learn from this today, and so in that way it’s been helpful for me.

I did check a few other places (thinking at least MacArthur might have some reasources on Leviticus) and it just seems not that many people are into preaching through Leviticus.  If you’re interested in some of Dr. Duncan’s thoughts on why he chose to preach through Leviticus, check out his session from the 2006 Together for the Gospel Conference, Preaching Through the Old Testament.

Now if I could just find a way to get through 1 Chronicles!