41 days ago by korespondent

Men were the first to wear jewelry in that a status symbol and over good luck amulets to aid them reputation battle. Aaron, first high priest of the Hebrews, wore 12... No related posts.

43 days ago by Jacky

Chapter 7 The events leading up to chapter 7 have been providing a background to Ezra’s (the name means “help”) involvement in the restoration of Israel, a context and culture in which Ezra operated as the LORD’s key servant in re-building of the Temple. This is the same Ezra whose lineage is traced ...

45 days ago by Ed Bromfield

I think we often read past Acts 8:1-4 just to get to Philip’s ministry to Samaria and the Ethiopian eunuch. Nevertheless, these four verses tell us a great deal, and are pretty much continued at Acts 11:19. It seems Luke placed Philip’s ministry to Samaria and the Ethiopian plus Saul’s conversion pl ...

51 days ago by McDaniels

It's almost that time again! Christmas - when we remember that our Savior came to this earth as a man. As Hebrews 2:17 says, "Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for th ...

51 days ago by Ed Bromfield

Whether or not Stephen was concluding his address to the Sanhedrin is not specifically stated in the text. However, it seems by the time he stated that the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, quoting Isaiah the prophet, Stephen seems to react to something the crowd said or did, becau ...

54 days ago by sarahcaroline14

“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.” -Hebrews 4:15 When a weak chord is struck in the instrument of our human flesh, that weakness sympathetically resonates with our High Priest. ...

56 days ago by Bill

Passage of the Day: Philippians 2: 9a [see highlight passage in bold/underlined] … 5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, ...

56 days ago by Phyllis

Acts 23-25 (NLT) Discover His heart: He guides our path, enabling us to fulfill His calling Even though lawyers are often the target of jokes and ridicule, we evidently enjoy observing them work. At any time of the day, we can watch them wax eloquent in the courts of justice on the ever popular Law ...

59 days ago by carrlanebaptist1988

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but ...

59 days ago by Ed Bromfield

Remember that Stephen was accused of blasphemy against Moses (or the Law) and against the Temple (Acts 6:13-14). In the last four blogs I’ve shown how Stephen addressed the first accusation. By and large the fathers had rejected both Moses and Joseph and had no faith in God as their father, Abraham ...