Collections, Codes, and Torah: Learning to Love God’s Law Like the Psalmist
We don't usually put the words "love" and "law" together in the same sentence, yet the Psalms are full of expressions of delight in the Law of the Lord. In fact, the first Psalm introduces the whole psalter as meditations for those who delight in God's Law (Psa. 1:2). If God's Law is supposed to be a source of delight, what are we missing if we tend to regard it as onerous, complicated, and negative? In this conversation, Michael LeFebvre will share from his research into the contextual and structural features of the Torah that help us appreciate both its scholarly fascination and its pastoral riches for the church.
We don't usually put the words "love" and "law" together in the same sentence, yet the Psalms are full of expressions of delight in the Law of the Lord. In fact, the first Psalm introduces the whole psalter as meditations for those who delight in God's Law (Psa. 1:2). If God's Law is supposed to be a source of delight, what are we missing if we tend to regard it as onerous, complicated, and negative? In this conversation, Michael LeFebvre will share from his research into the contextual and structural features of the Torah that help us appreciate both its scholarly fascination and its pastoral riches for the church.
We don't usually put the words "love" and "law" together in the same sentence, yet the Psalms are full of expressions of delight in the Law of the Lord. In fact, the first Psalm introduces the whole psalter as meditations for those who delight in God's Law (Psa. 1:2). If God's Law is supposed to be a source of delight, what are we missing if we tend to regard it as onerous, complicated, and negative? In this conversation, Michael LeFebvre will share from his research into the contextual and structural features of the Torah that help us appreciate both its scholarly fascination and its pastoral riches for the church.