Hebrews 5:11–6:8 11 About this we have much to say that is hard to explain, since you have become dull in understanding. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic elements of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food; 13 for everyone who lives on milk, being […]
Daily Devotion for Monday 8th July 2024
Hebrews 5:1-10 (with OT quotes in italics) 1 Every high priest chosen from among mortals is put in charge of things pertaining to God on their behalf, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is subject to weakness; 3 and because of this he must offer […]
Sunday Worship 7 July 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Welcome As Labi Siffre’s haunting song, about the barriers he faced due to prejudice against some of his own identities, fades we think today about who we are. Many of us don’t have to think too hard about who we are as we’re perceived as being […]
Daily Devotion Saturday 6th July 2024
Hebrews 4 (with OT quotes in italics) Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest is still open, let us take care that none of you should seem to have failed to reach it. 2 For indeed the good news came to us just as to them; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they […]
Daily Devotion Friday 5th July 2024
Hebrews 3 (with OT quotes in italics) 1 Therefore, brothers and sisters, holy partners in a heavenly calling, consider that Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, 2 was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses also ‘was faithful in all God’s house.’ 3 Yet Jesus is worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the […]
Daily Devotion for Thursday 4th July 2024
Hebrews 2:5-18 (with OT quotes in italics) 5 Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels. 6 But someone has testified somewhere, ‘What are human beings that you are mindful of them, or mortals, that you care for them?7 You have made them for a little while lower than the angels; you […]
Daily Devotion for Wednesday 3rd July 2024
Wednesday 3rd July 2024 Hebrews 2:1-4 1 Therefore we must pay greater attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it. 2 For if the message declared through angels was valid, and every transgression or disobedience received a just penalty, 3 how can we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was declared […]
Daily Devotion for Tuesday 2nd July 2024
Hebrews 1:3-14 (with OT quotes in italics) 3 [The Son] is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much superior to angels […]
Daily Devotion for Monday 1st July 2024
Monday 1st July 2024 Hebrews 1:1-2 1 Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. Reflection People who wear bifocal glasses have two ranges of sight, […]
The Epistle to the Hebrews
The Epistle to the Hebrews Dear Friends, I hope you enjoyed our last week’s worth of reflections arising from Dag Hammarskjöld’s Markings. During July we will be reading through the Epistle to the Hebrews together guided by John Proctor, a former tutor at Westminster College. Some early Christians attributed this letter to Paul but, even […]