Last Minute Changes It was Thursday night, two days before I was to leave for three weeks of Bible teaching in Colorado, The phone rang. It was my friend Larry on the line with a frantic plea to speak at the Labor Day youth conference in North Carolina—starting Friday evening! The other speaker had withdrawn for […]
This is the final instalment of this 5-part series. Previous: 1 2 3 4 5. A Warning About God’s Choice (Heb 12:14-29) In this study we have stated that the Old Covenant was God-given, and ideal for its intended purpose, but it was never designed to be a comprehensive answer to man’s need. A fine china […]
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This is part 4 of a 5-part series. Previous: 1 2 3 4. A Warning About God’s Provision (Heb 10:19-39) Thankfully, after the rigor of the last warning in chapter 6, I believe this passage should be fairly obvious. In spite of the divine offer to redeemed people to have access into the Holy of […]
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This is part 3 of a 5-part series. Previous: 1 2 3. A Warning About God’s Certain Goal (Heb 5:11-6:12) In speaking with Donald Cole, radio pastor of Moody’s WMBI flagship radio station, I asked him the passage of Scripture he was most often questioned about on his call-in program. Hebrews 6 was the answer. And […]
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This is the part 2 of a 5-part series. Previous: 1 2. A Warning About God’s Rest (Heb 3:7-4:13) There was a second missing component in Judaism. The writer to the Hebrews takes us to Psalm 95:7-11 and reminds us about three Old Testament scenes: first, in Eden; second, in the Sinai desert; and third, in […]
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Introduction The first century Jews who had been exposed to Christianity had a very tough decision to make. If they embraced this gospel being preached by the apostles, it could cost them their jobs, their families, even their lives. But Judaism was not a man-made religion (at least in its original form). Had not God […]
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What is a parenthesis? An interlude in a sentence that adds richness and meaning to the whole. The Parenthesis concept—setting off time to be enriched and equipped for living Christ—was advanced by three businessmen with a burden for the Millennial generation in local churches that are seeking to simply follow the New Testament. The first event is slated […]
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I finally enter the blogosphere For the last five years we’ve hidden ourselves away in small-town Mississippi. We’ve learned to love the summer heat and turnip greens (sort of), catfish and sweet tea, the beauty of pink crepe myrtles all summer and pansies in the winter. We have been so warmly received by the locals, […]