Tag: salvation
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JOHN 2020 Good News for A.D. 2020
Intro to the Gospel of John IN THE BEGINNING: λόγος logos Intro to talk of Jesus .com in A. D. 2020 talk of Jesus .com shared the Gospel of John in the context of A.D. 90, with application to A.D. 2020, rather than chronologically, culturally or by chapter & verse.. ..while during recent months: some…
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Concerning This Salvation – a letter from Peter – 1
Remembering Our Great Salvation Who needs to be encouraged more than believers in Christ suffering for His sake? And who trusted the Lord for their salvation more than any? First century Christians expelled from Rome and major cities of the Empire. Jews dispersed throughout the Empire, seeking to separate their identities from followers of The…
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Hebrews – 2 – Pioneer of Perfect Salvation
In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. Hebrews 2:10 NIV But we see Jesus… Hebrews 2:9a The author begins his letter to his Jewish brothers stating that G_d’s final word is through…
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Interrupting Jesus 11 – a last supper in Jericho
Jericho, best known as the place where the Hebrew nation, led by Joshua, began their conquest of Canaan with a march around the walls of Jericho, strategically central to inland trade routes to the Mediterranean. Along a barren highway to the west, about a 15 mile walk to Jerusalem after an ascent from the small town of Bethel. Galileans,…