I’ve always respected Abraham Lincoln, the famously stoic and contemplative orator who led our country through a seemingly impossible era. After recently reading Carl Sandburg’s 1957 essay on Lincoln’s religion, … Continue reading Lincoln on Church
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The Hymn of Faith
Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Rahab, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel— according to the author of Hebrews, these figures all share a defining characteristic: faith. … Continue reading The Hymn of Faith
“Melchize-who-now?”– How Hebrews uses an obscure Old Testament figure to point us to Jesus
The book of Hebrews continually references one obscure figure, a man of somewhat mythic proportions who appears in only 4 verses of the Old Testament: Melchizedek, the priest/king of Salem. … Continue reading “Melchize-who-now?”– How Hebrews uses an obscure Old Testament figure to point us to Jesus
Hope, Faith, and Other Tools for Difficult Times
Hebrews 6 concludes with a message of hope. The passage opens by revisiting God’s promise to Abraham in Genesis 22 that Abraham’s descendants would number more than the sands on … Continue reading Hope, Faith, and Other Tools for Difficult Times