Category: Hebrews

Chapter 3 of Hebrews begins, as did Chapter 2, with a "therefore". Once again, anytime you encounter that word, it's a good idea to go back and put it in context by reviewing the main point of the previous section. The author is making a new point based on some previously established point. The previous [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]