Category: Scripture

I'm going to begin a series of Bible Study blogs on the Song of Solomon. This book of the Bible is unique in several ways, but I'll get to that in a moment. Here's the first verse, rendered from a number of different English translations, which is the singular topic for today's blog post. The [...]

When I set out writing the posts for this bible study of Hebrews (back in January) I did not intend to take quite this long. It has been longer between posts than I had planned, but it couldn't be helped. Perhaps my next study will be a little more efficient! I have contended throughout this [...]

I've already commented briefly on the opening verses of this chapter in a previous blog post. In Chapter 11 (as you'll recall from the last Hebrews Study post), the author laid out a list of Old Testament examples of faith which endured through to the end of the life of the individual, but nevertheless the [...]

You just have to have faith! We've all heard this at one time or another, and sometimes these words, or something like them, are offered with the intent to be an encouragement, but often feel hollow and empty. The author of Hebrews comes to a discussion of faith in Chapter 11, and to understand its [...]

Here at Easter, 2019, it is fitting that we come to Hebrews 10, the conclusion of the Hebrews author's discussion of the sufficiency of Jesus' sacrifice. As we'll see in Chapters 11-13, his argument will shift from that of bolstering the idea that Jesus is the great high priest to offering encouragement of perseverance to [...]

READ THIS (Please)! If you read my blog at all (watchmakerspulse.com), you'll know that I've written more about the Bible than any other topic. Typically, my blog posts are either about the Bible or updates regarding our travels. I actually have one of each in the works and will be publishing them over the next [...]

In Chapter 9, the author of Hebrews continues the point he was making in Chapter 8 (discussed in the last Hebrews blog) - namely that the new covenant, as revealed through Jesus, is superior to the old covenant (as revealed through Moses). 1 Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly [...]