Tag: Genesis

  • James – Come now, brothers – 8

    Our church receives a pastoral letter from James by messenger. We know James and trust his wisdom and leadership. He addresses us familially as brothers, opening with encouragement, ‘count it all joy when you experience trials.’ Come now, brothers, James urges, be wise, repent and do what the Lord wills. Unlike the church nearer the…

    James 1:2-3 words meaning count or consider joy
  • Festival of the Passover

    No holy holiday surpasses peçach, the festival of the Passover, in the calendar year of the jews. In a previous post, Josiah – a Good King also Dies, we discovered that Passover had been completely forgotten by the Judah. The Law had not been read and Kings before Josiah had done evil in the sight…

    Israeli employee removing notes from the western wall in preparation for passover
  • Hebrews 11- a Genealogy of Faith

    Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 NKJV Faith is the Substance What is your greatest hope? Your eternal longing? ἐλπίζω elpizō – to hope How can you be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see? Matthew used this…

    Hebrews 1:1-2