| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 47 secs | 0 Comments
As usual with New Testament letters, Hebrews builds on the teaching of grace with how to put it into practice. This passage has 9 tips for great disciples 1 Brotherly love The first exhortation is for brotherly love – Philadelphia in Greek! Far from being just a soft cheese, the exhortation is the first because […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 59 secs | 0 Comments
Are your hands dropping? Your knees weak? That’s precisely where the first readers of Hebrews were at. It was written to Jewish background believers who were being pressured to go back to the Law, to go back to Judaism to know God. So the letter like many others inthe New Testament is a passionate plea […]
| By Andrew Holland | 4 mins 27 secs | 0 Comments
Hall of Fame – Hebrews Chapter 11 In the previous chapter the writer of Hebrews introduces us to the subject of faith. He quotes Habakkuk 2 verse 4, “But the just shall live by his faith.” The writer is endeavouring to encourage his readers not to turn back or be discouraged. But what is faith? […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 45 secs | 0 Comments
The Bible is all about Jesus – The Old Testament points to our need of Jesus. The gospels shows us how Jesus sorted our greatest need. The epistles show us how to live in the good of Christ’s first coming as we await His second. Hebrews 9 shows how the Old Testament sacrificial system, Tabernacle […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 48 secs | 0 Comments
The old and new covenant. Today, I am looking into a bit of history to remind us of what the ‘old covenant’ and the ‘new covenant’ are all about. Pre-biblical times, there was long history concerning covenants. They generally came in two guises: conditional and unconditional. Conditional covenants came from a law background and were […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 34 secs | 0 Comments
In v11 the writer to the Hebrews urges us to “strive to enter rest”. So the concept of entering the rest that this passage is about cannot be about gaining salvation. We know we are not saved by works, but by the free gift of grace through faith. We don’t have to strive to be […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 17 secs | 0 Comments
Hebrews was first written for Jews who had come to faith in Jesus as the Messiah to help them understand why Jesus is the fulfilment of the Old Testament promise and to help them not fall back to law keeping Judaism. The first chapter establishes Jesus’ superiority over the previous Old Testament revelation and this […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 10 secs | 0 Comments
Plea for a Slave – Philemon When I was young I read a book called Twice Freed. It was written by well know children’s author Patricia St John. It is a story based on the events written in this letter by Paul. Patricia has taken the Biblical facts, and woven a story around them, as […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 30 secs | 0 Comments
Titus 3 Things to remember, things to avoid Most of us are quite good at forgetting things. Sometimes it really doesn’t matter too much, but at other times it can matter a great deal (appointments, anniversaries etc.). Paul tells Titus to remind the people of various things, because we so readily forgot them. v1-2 Remember […]