Podcast Introduction Today is epistles Sunday. We’ll read Hebrews 5-7. I’m calling today’s episode “A Clean Slate.” Comments on Hebrews 7 and 8 Melchizedek is a bit of a mystery man. As it said in chapter 7, we don’t know anything about his genealogy. Verse three tells us “There is no record of his father or…
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Podcast Introduction Today is Epistles Sunday. We’ll begin the book of Hebrews by reading chapters 1-4 I’ll have some comments after the reading. And of course I’ll have an “On This Date In Church History” segment for you, too. I’m calling today’s episode “The Sweet Spot.“ Comments on Hebrews 1-4 Thoughts on Hebrews 1 and 2…
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Transcript Today’s Bible Translation Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 11 ERV, Ch. 12-13 CEV Podcast Introduction It’s Epistles Sunday, and we’ll finish the book of Hebrews with chapters 11-13. I’m calling this episode “When Faith Is Tested.“ Summary Hebrews 11 is about faith and why it’s important. The author wrote it to remind the…
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Transcript Associate Producer Cindy Gardner Podcast Introduction Today is Epistles Sunday, and we’re going to complete the book of Hebrews with chapters 11-13. You’ve heard of the Baseball Hall of Fame? Today we’ll read about Old Testament people who are in a sort of Faith Hall of Fame, or Hall of Faith. I do have…
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Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Epistles Sunday. We’ll read Hebrews 8-10. I’m calling today’s episode “Once For All.” Comments on Hebrews 8-10 My comments today are going to be very short, because the main point being made in these three chapters can be summarized very succinctly. Here it is: Jesus made the perfect sacrifice with…
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Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is epistles Sunday. We’ll read Hebrews 5-7. I’m calling today’s episode “A Clean Slate.” Comments on Hebrews 7 and 8 Melchizedek is a bit of a mystery man. As it said in chapter 7, we don’t know anything about his genealogy. Verse three tells us “There is no record of his father…
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Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Epistles Sunday. We’ll begin the book of Hebrews by reading chapters 1-4 I’ll have some comments after the reading. And of course I’ll have an “On This Date In Church History” segment for you, too. I’m calling today’s episode “The Sweet Spot.“ Comments on Hebrews 1-4 Thoughts on Hebrews 1 and…
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Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents By Rod Dreher / Sentinel Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn once noted that people often assume that their democratic government would never submit to totalitarianism—but Dreher says it’s happening. Sounding the alarm about the insidious effects of identity politics, surveillance technology, psychological manipulation, and more, he equips contemporary Christian…
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Thoughts Really the main point being made in these three chapters can be summarized very succinctly. Jesus made the perfect sacrifice with His own blood, and that one-time sacrifice was good for all time. The reason the author of Hebrews elaborated so much is because the main audience of the book, the Jews, needed to…
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Thoughts Melchizedek is a bit of a mystery man. As it said in chapter 7, we don’t know anything about his genealogy. Verse three tells us “There is no record of his father or mother or any of his ancestors—no beginning or end to his life.” Well that’s kind of strange, especially for those times…
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