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Why Do I Refer to the Author of Hebrews As "She"?

We don't know who wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews. It slid into the New Testament canon because it got categorized as a letter of Paul (though there were plenty of doubters of that as well). But the use of Greek, style, and literary composition is quite different.

English Bible Translations Have Gotten Eternal Almost Entirely Wrong

There's No Such Thing As Eternal Hell Folks who support the idea that hell will be "eternal conscious torment" will use passages like Matthew 25:46 (NIV)— "[The unrighteous] will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." You can go

Scary Misused Scriptures 4: Hebrews 6:4-6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNoH8beJR_U In Hebrews 6, the anonymous author writes: "For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted

Why You Should Be Using RSS

Staying On Top of Things "Being informed" has never been so accessible. Yet, what it means to "be informed" has never been so complicated. There's "staying on top of things," and there's "understanding things." Books, long-form journalism, documentaries,

God's glory is best seen among the oppressed

Thoughts on Ezekiel 1 The prophet and would-be-priest Ezekiel is sitting with his fellow exiles in Babylon. He's thirty years old, the age when priests take up their duties. He was 14 years old when King Josiah was killed in battle, and the temple revival ended. Now he

Today was overwhelming

Today was overwhelming, both in ways good and bad. It started with a rich and thoughtful Learning Cohort where we grappled with the problem of pain, of being disappointed in God and unanswered prayer. It was resonant as we mourned another mass shooting targeting Asian Americans. And The Table Church

Misused Scriptures 3: The Unforgivable Sin

If you grew up in church, you've probably heard about the unpardonable sin—that terrifying idea that you could blaspheme the Holy Spirit and become forever beyond God's forgiveness. It's a spiritual trapdoor with no escape hatch. That's not actually what Jesus

2023 Book 1: A More Christlike God

Book 1 for 2023 ✅ I read A More Christlike God by Bradley Jersak back in 2015 when it came out. Since then, Jersak has become one of the most influential theologians in my life, helping me make sense of the atonement, understand Scripture, as well pushing me over to edge

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