Category Archives: Bible

For as Long as it is Called “Today”

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Don Merritt

So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice,do not harden your heartsas you did in the rebellion,during the time of testing in the wilderness,where your ancestors tested and tried me,though for forty years they saw what … Continue reading →

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Jesus: Greater than Moses

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Don Merritt

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house. Jesus has … Continue reading →

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Fully Human

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Don Merritt

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in … Continue reading →

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What a View!

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Don Merritt

From high on a hill, you can see a long way. From up here, you can see over the trees, over the river below, and across the hills of another state. From the hilltop, you can see much more than … Continue reading →

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Brothers (and Sisters)

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Don Merritt

 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. Both the one who makes people holy and those who … Continue reading →

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Down Shady Lanes

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Don Merritt

Sometimes we have the wrong idea about following Jesus; we think that everything in life will be like walking down a shady lane. It isn’t always like that. I’ve seen brand new baby Christians who think that now that they … Continue reading →

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But We See Jesus!

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Don Merritt

For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. But one testified in a certain place, saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him,Or the son of man that You take … Continue reading →

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No, don’t do it!

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Don Merritt

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, how shall we escape if we … Continue reading →

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Life Giving Water

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Don Merritt

In an arid land, you can always tell from a long distance where the water is, for wherever there is a creek, river or spring there is life.  You can see the trees sticking up from the desert from miles … Continue reading →

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Jesus: Superior to the Angels

Posted on September 9, 2025 by Don Merritt

Hebrews 1:5-14 As we continue through the rest of Hebrews chapter 1, the author is setting about to prove his assertions of Chris’s supremacy by comparing Him to the angels.  Verses 5-13 are quotations from the Old Testament that contrast … Continue reading →

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