Category Archives: Hebrews

A Holy, Holy, Holy Hope

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Pete

Hebrews 6 sure knows how to take you on a bit of a roller-coaster ride. From the unsettling uncertainties of “falling away” (6:4-6) to the absolute assuredness of being “heirs of the promise” because of God’s “unchangeable purpose” (6:17). That’s … Continue reading →

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Those Who Have Fallen Away

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Pete

Okay, this is one of those thoughts that I’m going to begin but I suspect I don’t where it’ll land. May not even land this morning. I’m hovering over this troublesome passage in Hebrews 6. For it is impossible to … Continue reading →

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Not a Condition, A Crime

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Pete

This morning, one of those “encounters” with the CSB that I knew would happen when I started using the translation for my morning readings this year but didn’t know from where. Reading a familiar passage in Hebrews and then, BAM!, … Continue reading →

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The Same Yesterday and Today and Forever

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Pete

You read it and, while you can’t help but whisper “Amen” ’cause you know it’s true, it does strike you as being kind of out of place. Starting in on the final chapter of the letter to the Hebrews. And, … Continue reading →

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Either Way, You’re Gonna Get Burned

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Pete

Okay . . . this is one of those mornings where it’s more like eating from a buffet than chewing on a single verse. Verses from three of my readings running through my head. All to do with fire, burning, … Continue reading →

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A City

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Pete

Morning devotions have a way of re-orienting the mind and soul. Quiet time before the Lord in His word, wanting to hear the voice of His Spirit, has a way of recalibrating “true north.” What’s amazing, is how only a … Continue reading →

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We Are Not of Those

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Pete

They needed endurance. The going continued to get tough, and some of those who had so far toughed it out were now considering getting going. As they became known as followers of Christ, some were publicly exposed to reproach and … Continue reading →

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Contrasts of Salvation

Posted on September 13, 2022 by Pete

It’s the contrast that hits me this morning. The contrast between the God who, through Isaiah, declares He is God like no other (Isa. 45:5-6), and the same God, recorded by Luke, who is crucified on the cross (Lk. 23:32-34). … Continue reading →

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Things That Belong to Salvation

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Pete

Chewing on the first twelve verses of Hebrews six this morning. Tough chewing. A lot of gristle. Hard to know exactly who is being spoken of as those who “have once been enlightened . . . and then fallen away” … Continue reading →

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Moving Beyond Picture Books (2012 Rerun)

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Pete

Dull of hearing. Unskilled in the word. Should be meat-eaters, instead only able to digest milk. It’s what I think was at the heart of the problem that the writer to the Hebrews addresses. They were tempted to fall away … Continue reading →

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