I am struck with the plea in this section to give my leaders “reason to (serve and watch over me) with joy and not with sorrow. I sadly think that…
September 28: Hebrews 13:1-9
Oh, how I love this continued list of how to practically “grow up” in Christ. I need to be reminded of all of this. We are to “keep on loving”…
September 27: Hebrews 12:14-29
Oh, the richness of this passage! A call to walk rightly with God and move toward holiness! Remember back near the beginning of our study when our frustrated author mourned…
September 26: Hebrews 12:1-13
Oh, the advice in this section is good. Because we truly are surrounded by incredible witnesses to God’s faithfulness from the Bible and from our own life experiences, let’s take…
September 25: Hebrews 11:32-39
Our author pauses from his detailed list and just sort of shakes his head. How can he possibly list all the ones who trusted God in unlikely times and places?…
September 24: Hebrews 11:17-31
Our long list of faith-believing heroes continues. We see Abraham with his son, Isaac, and are reminded that even after this miracle child was born, God asked for more faith.…
September 23: Hebrews 11:1-16
And now we come to the incredible crescendo of this beautiful book of the Bible. We’ve been told with passion and careful argument from the Old Testament that Jesus is…
Week Four Scriptures
September 22: Hebrews 10:19-39
This beautiful (and in places terrifying) passage is our conclusion. If Jesus has done all this for us – and He has – how then should we live? The thought…
September 21: Isaiah 53
I thought it would be good today to take one more look at Jesus, our Focus, from an Old Testament perspective. What Jesus did – the great sacrifice of all…
September 20: Hebrews 9:1-10:18
Forgive me, please, for this extra long reading assignment today. I will keep my commentary brief. This is the final argument concerning the new covenant that came with Jesus, making…
September 19: Psalm 51
We are hitting “pause” on our study of Jesus as the great and final High Priest, today, and going back in time to King David. This psalm, we are told,…
