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 [...]
Category: Scripture
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 [...]
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 [...]
Chronological Bible 50: Paul finishes the race
We only have three more weeks to complete our one-year journey through the Bible. This week we'll look at Philemon, Philippians, James, 1 Timothy, Titus, and 2 Timothy. These letters (excluding James) will complete the writings of Paul. It is around A.D. 62. Paul is in his late 50's and in prison in Rome. He [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 