Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio
Sharper Iron, hosted by Rev. Timothy Appel, looks at the text of Holy Scripture both in its broad context and its narrow detail, all for the sake of proclaiming Christ crucified and risen for sinners. Two pastors engage with God’s Word to sharpen not only their own faith and knowledge, but the faith and knowledge of all who listen. Sharper Iron is underwritten by Lutheran Church Extension Fund, where your investments help support the work of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Visit lcef.org.
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September 27, 2023 • 55 mins
Rev. Martin Dressler, pastor at Salem Lutheran Church in Blackjack, MO, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 25:1-55.
As the LORD provides Sabbath rest for His people, so He provides Sabbath rest for His land. Every seventh year, the Israelites were to leave their land fallow, and the LORD promised that He would provide for them even more abundantly. The Year of Jubilee was the ultimate Sabbath rest for the land and ...
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September 26, 2023 • 54 mins
Rev. Jeffrey Ries, pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Tacoma, WA, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 24:1-23.
The LORD speaks to Moses concerning two furnishings in the tabernacle: the golden lampstand and the table for the bread of the presence. These proclaimed Christ as the light of the world and the bread of life. When a man who was a son of an Israelite woman and an Egyptian man blasphemed the name of the LORD,...
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September 25, 2023 • 54 mins
Rev. Steve Andrews, pastor at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Lee's Summit, MO, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 23:1-44.
As the LORD orders holy places for His people, so He orders holy times for His people. The Sabbath was the LORD’s gift of weekly rest for His people, so that they would trust that He is their Creator and Redeemer. The Feasts of Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, and Weeks were clustered t...
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September 22, 2023 • 54 mins
Rev. Peter Ill, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Millstadt, IL, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 22:1-33.
The LORD continues to provide for holy priests to serve in His presence. The priests who would partake of the holy food needed to be clean, lest they profane the name of the LORD. Because the food had come from the LORD’s table, which He extended to the priests’ tables, His statutes needed to be followed....
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September 21, 2023 • 53 mins
Rev. Brian Flamme, pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Roswell, NM, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 21:1-24.
The LORD lays out requirements for priests who will serve in His presence. Because they draw near to God’s presence, they must take great care lest any uncleanness from death upon them profane God’s holiness. Requirements for a potential wife for a priest further emphasize that he must not be defiled as...
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September 20, 2023 • 54 mins
Rev. David Boisclair, interim pastor at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Overland, MO, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 20:1-27.
The LORD continues to outline the ways that His holiness will be manifest in Israel. The worship of Molech and the accompanying child sacrifice must never be practiced in Israel; this is an abomination that must be cut off from Israel. Seeking after mediums profanes God’s name, as does c...
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September 19, 2023 • 55 mins
Rev. Nate Hill, pastor at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Winchester, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 19:1-37.
Because the LORD is holy, He gives holiness to His people for their day-to-day life. That holiness manifests itself as they seek after a life according to the Ten Commandments, beginning with the right worship of the one true God. This love of God leads to a love for neighbor, particularly the poor...
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September 18, 2023 • 54 mins
Rev. Dr. Rick Marrs, senior professor of practical theology and pastoral counseling at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 18:1-30.
Because the LORD is God for His people Israel, they are not to follow the wicked examples of Egypt or Canaan in matters of marriage and sexuality. Instead, His people should live in the holiness that He has given them in the 6th Commandment. Rather t...
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September 15, 2023 • 55 mins
Rev. Joshua Haller, pastor at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fairgrove, MI, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 17:1-16.
The LORD instructs His people concerning the proper place for worship. Their sacrifices are not to be made wherever they want, but in the place that He has directed. In this way, they will not bear the guilt of their sins, but their guilt will be taken away. Similarly, the LORD instructs His...
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September 14, 2023 • 54 mins
Rev. Harrison Goodman, content executive for Higher Things, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 16:1-34.
The Day of Atonement is central to Leviticus, not only structurally, but especially theologically. In the rites for the Day of Atonement, the LORD provides cleansing for the sins of His people, so that they do not die like Nadab and Abihu, and He provides cleansing for the tabernacle, so that the sins of Israel d...
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September 13, 2023 • 54 mins
Rev. Chris Hull, pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Tomball, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 15:1-33.
Although the LORD’s teaching concerning bodily discharges may strike modern readers as unusual, the LORD’s concern is revealed in the structure of the chapter. At the center is the relationship between the husband and the wife. Though the consummation of their relationship is not some special source of holine...
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September 12, 2023 • 55 mins
Rev. Sean Kilgo, pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lawrence, KS, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 14:1-57.
The LORD teaches His priests how those who have been healed from various skin diseases can be made clean and restored to the full fellowship of the people of Israel. The LORD provided for bathing and sacrifices by which His gift of restoration could be received, culminating in the eighth day. Because Isr...
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September 11, 2023 • 54 mins
Rev. Dr. Brian Kachelmeier, teacher for Wittenberg Academy, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 13:1-59.
The LORD provides instructions for His priests to distinguish between clean and unclean in various skin diseases. A skin disease that makes an Israelite unclean is one that shows decay and death on the way. Because this is a reminder of the effects of original sin, it is not appropriate in the presence of the LOR...
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September 8, 2023 • 56 mins
Rev. Jason Schockman, pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Oconomowoc, WI, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 11:1-12:8.
In the wake of the death of Nadab and Abihu, the LORD makes plain the distinction between clean and unclean. He starts with the matter of Israelite diet. That which is sacrificed at the LORD’s altar makes the difference. That food which is fit for the LORD’s table is fit for tables in Israelit...
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September 7, 2023 • 56 mins
Rev. Stephen Preus, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton, IA, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 10:1-20.
The euphoria of the initial Divine Service is replaced by the horror of the death of Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu. Because they attempted to approach the LORD’s holiness on their own terms, His holiness consumes them in their sin. The LORD provides for their uncleanness to be removed from His presence a...
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September 6, 2023 • 55 mins
Rev. David Appold, pastor at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Paducah, KY, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 9:1-24.
Having come to the eighth day of Aaron’s consecration, the LORD gives instructions for the high priest to begin his role among the people. The LORD’s purpose is realized when His glory appears to all the people at the conclusion of the Divine Service and His fire consumes the burnt offering. The dual ...
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September 5, 2023 • 54 mins
Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz, pastor and evangelist at Trinity Lutheran Church in Denver, CO, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 8:1-36.
The book of Leviticus begins a narrative section as the LORD instructs Moses how to consecrate Aaron and his sons as priests. The vestments they are given to wear and the sacrifices that are made serve to set them apart for their holy work. At the same time, this also serves as a reminde...
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September 4, 2023 • 54 mins
Rev. Rick Jones, Chaplain and Vice-President of Spiritual Life at the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch in Minot, ND, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 7:1-38.
The LORD continues to give more explicit instructions to His priests for the way they will carry out the sacrifices for the people of Israel. The details remind us both of the seriousness and the gift of encountering God’s holiness. He desires to be at table with...
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September 1, 2023 • 55 mins
Rev. Caleb Adams, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Bend, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 5:14-6:30.
The LORD speaks to Moses concerning guilt offerings that the people of Israel could bring especially in cases of sin in which restitution toward God or a neighbor would be made. Through the guilt offering, the LORD restored not only His holiness to His people, but also brought reconciliation among His people. ...
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August 31, 2023 • 54 mins
Rev. John Bussman, pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Cullman, AL, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Leviticus 4:1-5:13.
The LORD details the sacrifices that would be brought before Him in the case of unintentional sins. The fact that the LORD provides sacrifices for unintentional sins shows the deadly serious nature of all sin as well as the LORD’s concern for the consolation of consciences in the certainty of His for...
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