Arie Leder
Dr. Arie C. Leder is the Martin J. Wyngaarden Senior Professor of Old Testament Studies at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He previously served as pastor at Ebenezer Christian Reformed Church, Trenton, Ontario, and with Christian Reformed World Missions in Latin America. He teaches courses on the Pentateuch and on historical books of the Old Testament.
Devotions by Arie Leder
The True Shepherd
Peace at What Price?
Hospitality?!
Stubborn Worshipers
Religious Chaos
Eyes on Revenge?
Consequences
Honey is Sweet, But . . .
Who Knew?
Is This Really a Savior?
Birth of a Savior
Jephthah's Bargain
Jephthah the Outcast
Seeing is Believing
Costly Kingship
Gideon, Unappreciated Savior
Gideon's Army
Gideon and Baal
Gideon's Altar
Terrible Praise
Jael as the Hand of God
Unexpected Saviors
Ehud: Divinely Designed Savior
Who's the Wrongdoer?
July 2019
- The True Shepherd
- Peace at What Price?
- Hospitality?!
- Stubborn Worshipers
- Religious Chaos
- Eyes on Revenge?
- Consequences
- Honey is Sweet, But . . .
- Who Knew?
- Is This Really a Savior?
- Birth of a Savior
- Jephthah's Bargain
- Jephthah the Outcast
- Seeing is Believing
- Costly Kingship
- Gideon, Unappreciated Savior
- Gideon's Army
- Gideon and Baal
- Gideon's Altar
- Terrible Praise
- Jael as the Hand of God
- Unexpected Saviors
- Ehud: Divinely Designed Savior
- Who's the Wrongdoer?
- Testing
- Unexpected Salvation
- Where's the Problem
- Looking in All the Wrong Places
- What God Sees
- What the First Generation Saw
- Oh, Be Careful, Little Eyes
March 2018
- Righteousness Outside Jerusalem
- Truth in Jerusalem
- The Betrayal Kiss
- Seated at Jesus’ Table
- A New Covenant
- Blindness in Jerusalem
- Jesus Hears Our Cries
- Jerusalem, Killer of Prophets
- Fit to Follow Jesus
- Turning to Jerusalem
- How Long, Lord?
- Sin at the Door
- The Zeal of the Ant
- a “Whatever” Attitude
- Humility
- What Comes Before a Fall?
- Keeping it Clean
- Eye of the Beholder
- Compelled to Love
- How Much Is Enough?
- Haste Makes Waste
- What’s Eating You?
- Doing Kindness
- Obsessed With Envy
- Overcoming Our Sin
- Wishing for a Desert?
- Tested
- I Surrender All
- The Food of Fasting
- Neighbors on the Way
- Where Are You?
January 2017
- Same Old, Same Old?
- Exalted Redeemers
- Naomi Has a Son!
- Joyful and Watchful
- Joyful Relief From the Enemy
- Ruth and Her Sisters
- Boaz at the Gate
- No Plunder in Persia
- The King’s Wisdom
- Bread in Bethlehem
- Redemption
- The Consequences of Folly
- Courting the King’s Favor
- Persian Wisdom
- Merciful, Noble, Obedient
- A Time to Speak
- A Time to Honor and a Time to Grieve
- A Time to Speak or Be Silent?
- A Righteous Israelite
- A Righteous Foreigner
- Good Citizen Mordecai
- Call Me Bitter!
- The World We Live In
- And What About God?
- Far From Home
- Famine and Death
- What’s in a Name?
- O Hungry Town of Bethlehem
- . . . in a Faraway Palace
- A Long Time Ago . . .
- A Good Place to Dwell
August 2012
- Buried in Your Inheritance
- Old and New
- The Past in the Present
- Hold On
- Committed to Unity
- A Perceived Threat
- Rest on Every Side
- Sharing the Inheritance
- Cities of Safety
- The Landowner
- Living With the Enemy
- Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant
- Unfinished Work
- God So Loved the World
- Panic
- Danger Ahead
- Misplaced Confidence
- Waiting for God's Gifts
- An Oath to Die For
- Rahab's Promised Rest
- The Lord's Treasury
- All for Worship
- The Sword of the Lord
- Stones of Memory
- Confidence
- Help From an Outsider?
- What Rahab Knew
- Rahab's House
- Bible Times
- Rest From the Enemy
- God's Word Will Not Pass Away
November 2009
- Home Again, Home at Last
- Any Place With God Is Home
- "Go Down to Egypt"
- A Bag of Tricks
- Food for the World
- Up From the Pit
- Out of Reach
- The First Will Be Last
- In the Pit of Death
- There Goes the Neighborhood
- You Shall Not Steal
- The Gate of Heaven
- Loving Our Neighbors
- A Tug of War
- Into the Tent
- Waiting for the Resurrection
- Who Knocked on Lot's Door?
- God at Abraham's Door
- What Abram Saw Outside
- Leaving Home
- Building for a Name
- In the Beginning, Again
- Waiting to Get There
- Sealed in for Life
- What Fills the Earth
- The Prodigal Leaves Home
- What Lurks at the Door
- Outside the Garden
- Among the Trees
- iT's All About God
January 2008
- End of an Era
- Power for Living
- No Idle Words
- Hearing it Again
- What We Said That Day
- Tribute
- Keeping Your Vows
- Exclusion
- Closing Cold Cases
- Life in the Shadow of Conflict
- Nothing but the Truth
- Not Just Any Prophet
- The Right Kind of King
- Priestly Justice
- Equally to All
- Not an Option
- No Taxes, Please
- Unfaithfulness
- Worship Choices
- The Eyes of the Lord
- Remember
- Bad News, Good News
- You and Your Children
- Loving God First
- Responsibility
- The Voice of God
- Wise Guys
- Lessons From History: After Moses?
- Lessons From History: Whose Refusal?
- Lessons From History: The Gift
- i'm Telling You Again
February 2007
- Crime and Confession
- The Lord's Favor
- Land Ownership
- Holy Days
- Perfect Sacrifices
- Death, Be Not Proud
- Extraordinary Holiness
- Limits
- For God's Sake, Be Holy!
- Your Body, Your World?
- Roots
- Lifeblood
- Nowhere Else
- Waiting All Year Long
- Once a Year for All
- Nothing Personal!
- Skin of Distinction
- The Diet of Distinction
- Teachers of Distinction
- Altar Problems
- Successful Worship
- Ordained to Special Service
- Keeping the Fire Burning
- I Didn't Mean to Do It
- The Right Address
- A Costly Sacrifice
- The Voice of God
- Where it All Begins