(REFLECTIONS ON Nehemiah 2:1-10) Up to this point, Nehemiah had only heard about the city of Jerusalem, and had not yet set his own eyes on the city ruins. However, this was all that Nehemiah needed to stir his heart. Seeing would come afterwards. We often say that “seeing is believing,” but for Nehemiah he didn’t […]
(REFLECTIONS ON EZEKIEL 46:1-24) As we read Old Testament Scripture, we must remember that it represents both a physical reality and hope for Israel, a remembrance of their past and vision for the future, but is also symbolic of the hope we have as the church that goes beyond physical structures, land, and life, and crosses […]
30 December 2018 – 5 January 2019. Hebrews 12:1–13 (click to read). When we look back over the past year we see that there have been good times but also difficult times – times of stress, sadness, and even suffering. Hebrews 12 talks about the way suffering can be used by God the Father to discipline […]
23–29 December 2018. Hebrews 5 (click to read). From the perspective of organized religion, Jesus and Paul – the two greatest people in the New Testament – are both controversial figures. Paul was the greatest theologian of the early church, the one who shaped the beliefs and doctrines of all Christianity and put the church on […]
9–15 November 2015. Hebrews 10 (click to read). This week we come to Hebrews chapter 10, and we especially want to look at verses 1–2 and 11–12: “The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never (by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year […]
2–8 November 2014. Hebrews 2 (click to read). The scripture reading for this week comes from Hebrews 2:17–18: “For this reason Christ had to be made like us, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for […]