A Sign on Your Hand & Forehead - Deut 6:4-9

The sermon text for this coming Lord's Day will be Deuteronomy 6:4-9. Here are some ways that you can begin to prepare for this sermon.

1. Read Exodus 13:9,16 and Deuteronomy 11:18. Compare what is written in those three verses with what is written in verse 8 of our sermon text.

2. Read the Wikipedia article on tefillin (aka phylacteries).

3. How have the Jews historically understood the application of Deuteronomy 6:8-9? How does the traditional Protestant interpretation differ?

4. What is the "sign" mentioned in our sermon text?

5. What does the sign point to? In other words, what is the sign signifying?