For centuries, theologians have tried to discredit and do away with God's feasts and holy days. They falsely argue that Paul spoke against these days as enslaving. Of course he said nothing of the sort. We know that because of …
Sin. Crime. Error. Foul. Wrong. Vice. Each of these words names behavior that fails to reach an accepted standard. Any group of people joining to accomplish a goal will establish a set of rules, laws, guidelines or principles to regulate …
In Hebrews 6:1, the author tells us to put the discussion of basic Christian tenets behind us and move forward to perfection. As he had just written in Hebrews 5:14, by practicing God's way of life, we will train our senses to discern …

(1) For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. (2) For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. (3) But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. (4) For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
Perhaps we think of this as a rather minor affair, but God shows that He has, and we must have, respect for the life of an animal. In His instructions on the subject of the regular sacrifices, God commands us not to eat the blood! The …
Most of us, when we begin a new job or a new project, want to know all we can about it. We want to be ready to take it on and complete it to the best of our abilities. Fulfilling this desire often means that we must take a class or a whole course of study. If it is a more hands-on type of job, say, repairing and refinishing an antique table, we have to learn the skills necessary, not only to work with the wood's density, grain, and finish, but perhaps also to know a thing or two about joinery, routing, lathing, adhesives, slides, latches, and a few things besides, depending on what needs t
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