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Category Archives: Hebrews
Church Write-Up: Was Melchizedek Jesus?
For church last Sunday, I watched John MacArthur’s service on the Internet, then I watched the service of the church that I normally attend. It was supposed to rain last Sunday morning, so I stayed home. But it turned out … Continue reading
Book Write-Up: Hebrews, by Dr. Kathy Stewart
Dr. Kathy Stewart. Hebrews: It’s Not How You Start—It’s How You Finish: A Study Guide to the Most Encouraging Book in the New Testament. Bloomington: WestBow Press, 2013. See here to buy the book. As the title indicates, this book … Continue reading
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A Comparison of Philo’s Special Laws I with the Epistle to the Hebrews
I recently finished Philo’s Special Laws I for my daily quiet time. Yesterday, I moved on to Special Laws II. Philo was a first century C.E. Jewish thinker in Alexandria, Egypt. He interpreted the Torah in light of Greek philosophy. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Daily Quiet Time, Greco-Roman, Hebrews, Leviticus, Religion
Tagged atonement, Philo, sacrifices, Special Laws I
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The Testament of Abraham: Salvation and Answered Prayer
I recently read the Testament of Abraham for my daily quiet time. The Charlesworth Pseudepigrapha dates it to the first-second centuries C.E. E.P. Sanders, in his editorial introduction to the work, argues that it has an Egyptian Jewish background. In … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Daily Quiet Time, Genesis, Hebrews, John, Mark, Matthew, Rabbinics, Religion
Tagged Abel, Charlesworth, E.P. Sanders, hebrews, pseudepigrapha, Testament of Abraham
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“My Pain Is Understood”
For its Bible study, my church is going through The Easter Experience: What If What Happened Then Changes Everything Now? Last night, we did Lesson 3, “My Pain Is Understood.” The point of the lesson was that Jesus understands whatever … Continue reading
Forsake Not the Assembling of Yourselves Together
Hebrews 10:23-25 states (in the King James Version): “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church, Daily Quiet Time, Hebrews, Joshua, Religion
Tagged book of joshua, Church, Feast of Tabernacles, Religion, sermon tapes, theology
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Accountability, Seeing Miracles, and the Israelites in the Wilderness
As I’ve done my daily quiet time in the Book of Deuteronomy, I’ve thought about a view that one of my relatives has. According to my relative, people in this day and age can be saved, but they cannot be … Continue reading
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A Goal and a Mission
I read the itinerary in Numbers 33 for my daily quiet time. What I’d like to write about today is the goal of life. I started by thinking about the broad-sweeping history in the Hebrew Bible. When did it come … Continue reading
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Cleansing Others, and the Thankless Job
I have two items for today, both of them related to my daily quiet time in the Book of Numbers: 1. In Numbers 19, we see the law concerning the red heifer, whose ashes are mixed with water to purify … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Bible, Daily Quiet Time, Hebrews, Numbers, Preaching, Religion
Tagged ashes, ashes of the red heifer, Balaam, Balak, corpse contamination, god, hebrews, hebrews 6, impurity, Moab, purity, red heifer, Religion, substitutionary atonement, theology
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Musonius’ God
G. Reale, A History of Ancient Philosophy: The Schools of the Imperial Age, trans. John R. Catan (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1990) 72. The following are quotes from Musonius Rufus (30 C.E.-101 C.E.), whom Reale claims was … Continue reading
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