Denver to Raton We left Cherry Creek State Park on Sunday, January 6 and traveled to Raton, New Mexico. It was a pretty easy drive. We stayed at the KOA campground in Raton. Raton to Albuquerque The windy conditions today (January 7) made for a little bit of a challenge. Nothing major, but we took [...]
Bible Book Studies: Hebrews 2
As I mentioned last week, the author of Hebrews begins chapter 2 with the word "therefore". It builds on the idea from chapter 1 that Jesus is superior to all things. It is this uniqueness and superiority that causes the writer to say "Therefore we must pay much closer attention …". The text of chapter [...]
Bible Book Studies: Hebrews 1
Since I finished the Chronological Bible blog series last week (in which I spent a year reading through and commenting on the Bible in chronological event order), it's time for me to start another series of Bible commentary blogs. I've had a couple of readers suggest some ideas. One suggested that I blog through a [...]
Travel Log 1/5/2019
We've been in Denver now for almost two weeks and will be heading out on Sunday. I thought I'd bring you up to date on the last part of our trip to get here. Mcpherson, Kansas We left Oklahoma City on Friday, Dec. 21 and drove to McPherson, Kansas. We stayed at the McPherson RV [...]
Chronological Bible 52: The End
This week we finish our chronological reading of the Bible with 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, and Revelation. The end of the New Testament (and the Bible) is written by the apostle John (son of Zebedee), one of Jesus' twelve disciples. While Luke wrote the most Greek words (37,933) of the new Testament [...]
Chronological Bible 51: Run the Race
This week we'll consider the books of Hebrews, 1 Peter and 2 Peter. The two letters to churches from Peter were written shortly before Peter's execution. Both Peter and Paul were executed during the reign of Roman emperor Nero. Both Peter and Paul ran the race that God had set before them, preaching and contributing [...]
Travel Log 12/21/2018
Pensacola, Florida On Friday, December 14, 2018 we drove from Coe Landing County Park near Talahassee to Big Lagoon State Park near Pensacola, where we stayed for two nights. The campsites had plenty of privacy and were level and spacious. Big Lagoon refers to the lagoon behind the barrier islands offshore in the Gulf. There [...]
