– Robert B. Coote

Some laws in Leviticus are important to all of us. The commandment to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Lev 19:18), for example, was essential to Jesus and remains so for us. On some others we may not agree. One example would be, “You (a man) shall not lie with a male as with a woman: it is an abomination” (18:22). …

There are many laws in Leviticus that practically no Presbyterian follows…  

On what basis do we decide to obey one verse in Leviticus and not another?…

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