b'COMMENTARIES AND ORIGINAL LANGUAGE RESOURCESLEVITICUSA Commentary for Biblical Preaching and TeachingMICHAEL A. HARBIN & MARK C. BIEHLKerux Commentaries enable pastors and teachers to understand and effectively present the main message in a biblical text.Each volume uniquely combines the insights of an experienced Bible exegete(trainedininterpretation)andahomiletician(trainedin preaching). These two authors work together to explain the essen-tial message for the original listeners or readers, unpack its timeless truth, and then provide a contemporary restatement and communi-cation insights for the key biblical concept. Every book is a resource designed and written with the real needs of the pastor and teacher always in view, providing many ways to creatively express the princi-pal thought in a biblical passage.LeviticusfocusesonrelationshipsarelationshipwithGod through worship and relationships with other people through holi-ness. Throughout the book, the priests and the Levites receive spe-cialresponsibilitiestohelpIsraelinboththesespheres.Authors Michael A. Harbin and Mark C. Biehl show how Leviticus lays out three related practices that would hold these relationships together for the nation of Israel: corporate worship; personal and collective holiness;andrighteouslivingasacovenantcommunity.Harbin and Biehl suggest bridges to our own culture by discussing what the Israelites at Sinai would have understood about the reasons behind what Leviticus prescribes. Just as the Israelites complex relationships with family and neighbors formed a foundation for both cultural and personal well-being, the church today is called to pursue wholistic shalom in its own time and place.Based on the Big Idea preaching model, Kerux enhances the read-ers ability to deliver a message that is biblical, cohesive, and dynamic.Michael A. Harbin (ThD, Dallas Theological Seminary) is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Taylor University and has thirty years of teaching experience.Mark C. Biehl (DVM, University of Illinois) served as a veterinar-ian for twenty-two years before selling his practice to enter seminary. Upon completing his degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a two-year ministry residence program at College Church in Wheaton, Mark stepped into the role of lead pastor at Upland Com-munity Church.KREGELA C A D E M I C RELATED TITLES978-0-8254-2552-3$39.99 Numbers (Kerux) A Commentary on Hardcover7.5 x 9.25464 pages 978-0-8254-5852-1Exodus (KEL)$37.99 978-0-8254-2551-6 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament /$47.99PentateuchKregel MinistryRights: WorldAvailable24kregel.com/academic'