My wife is brilliant when it comes to diet and nutrition. This has been a long time passion for her and it has been a deep desire of hers to bring that passion to the church. There is just one problem...  Read More

I have been undergoing a recent paradigm shift. It becomes extremely clear when I look at this week's text. It is one I have been aware of for some time, but hadn't exactly known what to do with it. T...  Read More

The imagery that the author of Hebrews gives is a very relevant one. We can all understand running. We can all understand a race. We can also imagine the difficulty of running that race while weighed ...  Read More

This is one of those passages that serves as a bridge between sections. Be that as it may, it carries profound impact. If we are to look at the whole of Hebrews, it has been funneling the same exhorta...  Read More

This week's passage may be short, but it is admittedly one of my all-time favorite sections of Scripture. It is packed with so much spiritual depth and spells out some incredible things about the Gosp...  Read More

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set ...  Read More

Having discussed the suffering of the saints at length, I'd like it if we could take some time this morning to pray for the persecuted church. Pray for those who are undergoing physical persecution. A...  Read More

Just as the example has already been laid out for us, and just as it is evident that this is not for the faint of heart, I am left with one application from the hall of faith. Follow the example.It is...  Read More

I can testify from my own lived experience that Christianity is not for the faint of heart. There are trials and tribulations waiting at every corner. There is persecution of immense capacities spread...  Read More

While there are certainly numerous lessons to take away from Hebrews 11, much of the goal of the writer of Hebrews is to establish an example for the original audience. The reality is that he understa...  Read More

The hall of faith gives us something incredibly unique. It gives us a history of like-minded individuals that precede our time. They laid the foundation for what belief looks like. The author of Hebre...  Read More

We now enter into an extremely famous passage that we have modernly coined the hall of faith. These are those that have gone before us in faith, having established a model for us to follow in. All of ...  Read More

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of Go...  Read More

Grab a pen and a piece of paper. Take some time to reflect and write out times when the Lord showed up for you. Write how He brought you out of difficult situations or how He was there in the midst of...  Read More

The ABIDE Young Adults group is currently going through the book of Matthew. As we have started to work our way through it, something that has caught my attention is the focus upon the Kingdom of God....  Read More

Often, the devotions I am writing testify deeply to me as I am writing them. Yesterday's devotion really hit me like a truck. As I have grown in my relationship with the Lord and endured through minis...  Read More

There is no doubt that the Hebrew people were going through incredible trials and tribulations. The difficulty they were suffering was astronomical. They were being kicked out of their families. They ...  Read More

Many theologians have said it before, and many more will say after, "Context is key." Controversial passages like this one are essential to view in context of the surrounding message. If we are to tak...  Read More

We face yet another controversial passage in this week's reading. While it may be scary to consider some of these passages, I do not want the fear of what is in Scripture keep you from the beauty of w...  Read More

26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation whic...  Read More

5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.-Romans 5:5The love of God reinforces that hope in our lives. Pray toda...  Read More

In light of hope, if the command is to hold fast to that confession of hope, then I think there may be a need to really get a grip on it. This is written to a people who are facing dire circumstances ...  Read More

I have a confession to make. I have a hard time holding on to hope. I have been developed in a very pessimistic worldview. Growing up, we had a phrase that my family would bring up any time something ...  Read More

As we discussed in yesterday's devotion, it is apparent that the recipients of the Hebrews were being deeply challenged in their faith and the writer to the Hebrews wants to reinforce them to hold on....  Read More