People in antiquity took the power of words more seriously than we do. A word spoken had a life of its own and great power. The writer of Hebrews says that this is also the case with the divine word.
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Just a few verses after today’s reading, Paul more or less sums up the reading for today with this challenge: “Adopt the attitude that was in Christ Jesus.”
The Methodist missionary E. Stanley Jones, in his autobiography A Song of Ascents (Nashville: Abingdon, 1968), tells of a man he knew from Africa who changed his name to “After” immediately following his conversion.
Isaiah wrote to his people in exile to give them perspective. He wrote to help them see beyond their flat, seemingly two-dimensional existence away from their home and the center of their religious life where they understood God to dwell.
Jesus’ Parable of the Prodigal Son should perhaps be called the Parable of the Prodigal Father. It is prodigal love and grace of the father in the parable that is the focus.
The poetic section of the ancient book of Job ultimately declares to Job that he can’t possibly plumb the depths of understanding and knowledge.
We live in a world in which changes occur so rapidly that we can’t begin to keep up with all of them.
Isn’t it a good feeling to know there is another person or a group of people who care and love you enough to pray for you?
Notice that today’s passage of scripture from the letter to the Hebrews in the New Testament begins with the words “Since, then…” or “Therefore,…” depending on the translation.
In this Psalm of praise the psalmist boldly and joyfully proclaims, “I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.”