Have you ever been so hungry that you will eat whatever happens to be on hand? More than that, whatever you try to eat tastes delicious, at least for those first few bites? That’s the way I am handling Hebrews. Something good, anything good, is going to feel like a feast to me. And Lord… Read More »
The Hebrews need to be convinced that Jesus is their high priest and should be followed because he is of the covenant and is appointed by god and blah blah blah blah. My dear lord, this book is going to crush my soul! Chapter 6 The unknown author won’t leave the babies unfed, though. He… Read More »
I just this very minute realized that the Hebrews this letter is written to are Jewish. Hence all of the messages tailored for Jewish people. Allow me to take a picture in my dunce cap, and then remove it. Time to move on now. Chapter 3 I joked about this earlier, but now I must… Read More »
I immediately noticed something different about Hebrews. It is glaringly obvious after reading the first four verses. There is no attribution for the author. I did a quick scan through the epistle to see who the author was, but there simply isn’t an attribution. Who wrote this letter? After reading the first chapter a couple… Read More »
A one chapter book? The hell you say! There have been a couple of books in the New Testament that seemed out of place. But none so far afield as Philemon. Why in the world is there a one-chapter letter in the New Testament? Especially since the crux of the letter is one of Paul’s… Read More »
I am on to Paul’s tricks. Before the letters to Timothy, I would’ve expected this letter to be written by Titus. But Timothy taught me that these letters are still from Paul, and the book names are who Paul was writing to. I probably should’ve known better, since, for example, Romans was a letter from… Read More »