Tag Archives: discipleship

A Word About the Author of Hebrews

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Don Merritt

I’m sure that you have noticed that as we continue through the book of Hebrews, I haven’t mentioned the name of the author, instead, I’ve just said “the author.”  This is because his name is never mentioned in the text. … Continue reading →

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This is a Tough One

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Don Merritt

It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,  who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age and who have fallen away, to be … Continue reading →

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Growing Up Spiritually

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Don Merritt

Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, instruction about cleansing rites, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of … Continue reading →

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Word of God

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Don Merritt

Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; … Continue reading →

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For as Long as it is Called “Today”

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Don Merritt

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

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Jesus: Greater than Moses

Posted on August 22, 2016 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 August 22, 2016 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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Brothers (and Sisters)

Posted on August 20, 2016 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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But We See Jesus!

Posted on August 19, 2016 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 … Continue reading →

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No, don’t do it!

Posted on August 19, 2016 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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