Featuring: Dr. Jim Howard

In this pastorally bold message, Dr. Jim Howard offers a sweeping and compelling case for how the Mosaic Law—often dismissed as ancient or oppressive—actually reflects the heart of a Christoform life. With stories from his time teaching seminary students in India, reflections from Numbers, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy, and vivid insights into ancient Near Eastern cultures, Dr. Howard reveals how God used familiar structures (temples, sacrifices, rituals) and redefined them to cultivate dignity, protection, and redemption for the vulnerable.

Howard walks through misunderstood laws—including those about women, slavery, and ritual impurity—not to dismiss them, but to uncover their redemptive intent. He contrasts Israel’s laws with the brutality of neighboring cultures and argues that these divine instructions limited vengeance, protected women, elevated the poor, and introduced a moral vision that would ultimately be fulfilled in Christ.

With a humble, humorous, and gospel-saturated tone, Dr. Howard shows that the Law was never about oppression—it was about transformation. The Mosaic covenant may not be our covenant today, but its moral heartbeat pulses with the very compassion and justice of Jesus.