After opening up the letter speaking of a God who gives comfort and sharing some experiences where he greatly needed that comfort, Paul...

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our...

I love that the book of Hebrews ends with a chapter about how we are to treat each other.  What does contemplating the holiness of God...

In the Psalms David compares the scriptures to precious gems. I find that like a diamond, each time I examine a passage it shows a new...

Coming soon to a theater near you! The faith chapter.   It almost reads like a movie trailer for a great action film.  We hear about the...

Audacity After being absorbed in the pictures of the sacrifices and the holy of holies, I tried to read chapter 10 like a person who had...

When I sat down to read this chapter tonight, I took a deep breath.  Being alone in a quiet room is rather unusual when you’re a mother...

Isn’t Christ sufficient?  We don’t need a combination of the old and new covenants.  This chapter expresses Christ’s superiority...

Because the Jews were trusting in their levitical priesthood in order to have a relationship with God, they were considered babes.  This...

When looking at Hebrews 6, we need to remember the theme of the whole book which is the superiority of Christianity over Judaism.  Those...

Jews, who had trusted in Judaism, were entrenched in the idea of priest sacrifice for their sins.  They were wondering how Jesus could...

Hebrews 4:1-13 along with Hebrews 3:7-19 is a warning to people who had experienced the glory of God in action, and didn’t fully accept...

Moses had the challenging responsibility of leading the faithless, disobedient Israelites for 40 years through the wilderness.  God’s...

“Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the...

Modern technology has flooded the world with information without real concern for confirmation.  “It has to be true, I read it on the...

“For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see...

Detail in the Drama. Luke provides so much detail in the account of the ship voyage.   Acts 27 could have said, “And when it was decided...

Crazy? I find Festus’ outburst to be quite interesting, “Paul, you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your...

God’s agenda. Paul patiently allowed God to unfold a plan that would allow him to impact more Gentiles.  Interestingly, the hatred and...

What’s in the Way? Paul’s defense before Felix centered on the resurrection as he identified with the Way (24:14,21).  In that the...