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Daniel 2: 17-23; 6:10; Esther 4:16 What a motivation to pray. As we turn our hearts once more towards Pentecost we are reminded that prayer connects us to a God who wants to change the world. If we are to see revival in our town and nation then we need to be investing time in prayer: […]
Revelation 4 and 5. “What more can we see about Jesus that will help us to live [steadfastly and resolutely] and why do we even need to bother at all? Surely by now we know how to answer that question! Revelation chapters 4 and 5 carefully set out a description of heaven that John saw […]
1 Thessalonians 4:13 – 5:24. The Thessalonian church had the reputation of having sat down waiting for Christ’s imminent return, thinking that they had nothing more to do. They really could have done with the encouragement of Hebrews 12 and 13, especially Hebrews 12:2, to keep focused on all that Jesus had given to them, […]
Acts 1:1 – 11. As Jesus spoke to his disciples in person for the last time on earth, he declared that the power and authority for them to keep being his disciples and disciple-makers would be given to them through the power of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:7-8). Yet, as they looked into the sky […]
Luke 24: 13 – 35. The phrase, “You had to be there” is informative – it flags up that if only we had been present at the time, then we would be able to fully appreciate what happened. At the same time, that’s frustrating – maybe if we’d stayed around for a bit longer then […]
Matthew 27:1-66, 28:1-20. The darkness of the crucifixion of Jesus (Matthew 27), and the discovery of the empty tomb on that first Easter Sunday (Matthew 28), call into question why the writer of the letter to the Hebrews claimed that through Jesus we are “heirs of what was promised” and so “have this hope as […]
Matthew 21:1-11; 24 & 25. All of the gospel writers (Matthew, Mark, Luke & John) record their accounts of Jesus coming into Jerusalem in ways that have led biblical translators and scholars to use the heading “The Triumphal Entry” (NIV). That is a very celebratory statement, and Hebrews has certainly shown us that there is […]
Hebrews 13: 1-25. The final chapter of Hebrews is very practical and everything that is to be perused in life flows out of this starting point: “Keep on loving each other” (13:1). When we are able to do that, having responded to Christ’s love for us, we will be welcoming to all, compassionate towards those […]
Hebrews 12: 1 – 29. There is no better way to persevere in faith as followers of Jesus than to respond to and live by this encouragement: “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith” (12:2). From encouragement to persevere in faith, the writer of Hebrews adds an exhortation […]
Hebrews 10:19 to 11:40. We are now just over two thirds of the way through the letter to the Hebrews, and so far, all of the attention has rightly been on Jesus. Now, as the letter begins to come to a close, the attention turns to the response that the Hebrews need to make, and […]