Preaching and Teaching Law Passages

Peter Vogt provides the following “strategies for communication” in preaching and teaching the Law passages in the Pentateuch to a contemporary audience.

• Address the cultural connotations of the Law (e.g., for Americans, laws are about rules, for OT Israelites the Law was about mandated righteousness)
• Note the purpose of the Law in its original setting
• Discuss the implications of Jesus’ ministry for the Law’s relevance
• Address the applicability of the Law in a contemporary setting

Peter T. Vogt, Interpreting the Pentateuch (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2009), 165–172.