The fact that Hebrews 6:7 – 8 is an agrarian metaphor gives Tyndale’s “plowboy” no advantage in understanding the meaning of those verses. Knowledge of Old Covenant Scriptures and/or access to commentaries, though, gives rise to such understanding. Before pursuing such understanding, though, a brief consideration of two more familiar agrarian metaphors is warranted. Jesus’ parables regarding […]
12 Comments » I am no spring chicken and as the grey hairs have multiplied I am becoming ever increasingly convinced that one of the greatest hindrances to true fellowship is the refusal to talk to another believer about something that is bothering you about them. In this matter Silence is NOT golden and this silence will fracture […]
D. James Kennedy employed an arresting illustration which is pertinent to my (sub)thesis [that the context of Hebrews as a whole and, in particular, 1:1 through 6:8, indicates that the warning which ends at 6:8 is operative upon those who are satisfied with “milk” and, concomitantly, have no appetite for “solid food” (the “solid food” […]
My premise is this: If you love your Lord then this will naturally work itself out in your love for those around you. Dear Friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because […]
William Tyndale gave his life — figuratively, then literally — to his dream that every plowboy in England could read the Bible in English (Tyndale translated from Greek; Wycliffe translated the Latin translation of the Greek into English). Indeed, many of our most beloved verses are Tyndale’s words. How tragic, by-the-way, that Tyndale’s valuation of […]
The Writer is anxious to move on with his exposition of the high-priesthood of Christ. But how could his readers follow such exalted teaching … ? * * * The epistle to the Hebrews is evidence enough that the correct way to interpret Old Testament Scripture is in a Christocentric manner. Quite apart from its […]
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