Reasoning Through the Bible

The United States celebrates an annual Thanksgiving holiday.  Today Thanksgiving means football, feasting, family, days off from work, and early Christmas sales in the stores. But what are the origins of this Thanksgiving holiday? 

• Who were the Pilgrims who started it and what were their religious beliefs?
• What did George Washington and Abraham Lincoln say about Thanksgiving?
• Were the founding fathers religious or not? 

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What if the peace you keep chasing is already offered to you—today? We complete Hebrews chapter 3 and discover why the promise of rest is not a distant dream but a present invitation. By lifting up Jesus as fully God and fully human, we anchor rest where it belongs: in a Savior who finished the work and frees us from living like it’s all on our shoulders.

We revisit Israel’s wilderness story—spies, fear, and forty years of...

A single word carries urgent weight across centuries: today. Hebrews chapter 3 calls back to Psalm 95 and the turning point at Kadesh Barnea to expose how unbelief hardens even when people have seen God at work. We walk through that wilderness moment to uncover what it reveals about our own hearts, our habits, and our hope in Jesus. The warning is not abstract; it is pastoral and practical. Don’t harden your heart. Don’t drift from...

Step past the veil and into the core claim of Hebrews: Jesus is not only our mediator but our high priest who became the final, perfect sacrifice. We start with the Old Testament portrait—priests from among the people, a high priest entering the Holy of Holies once a year—and show why that pattern points to a deeper need. To truly represent us, a priest must share our humanity. To truly reconcile us, the priest must offer a sinless...

What if the center of the universe isn’t a concept but a Person? We walk through Hebrews chapter 2 to explore a claim that reshapes everything: all things are for and through Jesus, and He is not distant. He took on flesh, embraced suffering, and finished a rescue that breaks the fear of death. That is more than doctrine—it is a new way to live with courage, purpose, and a salvation you did not earn but can freely receive.

What if the message you’ve staked your life on wasn’t just inspiring, but historically confirmed and theologically unshakeable? We continue in Hebrews chapter 2 and follow a clear line: Jesus first spoke the gospel, those who heard confirmed it, and God authenticated their witness with signs, wonders, and gifts given by the Holy Spirit according to his will. That sequence guards the gospel from drift and gives us a sober mandate—re...

Start with the breathtaking claim of Hebrews chapter 1: the same Jesus who walked dusty roads laid the foundations of the earth and shaped the heavens with his hands. We walk through the text step by step, showing how the author of Hebrews applies the divine name to Jesus, places Him above angels, and calls Him unchanging. If creation wears out like a garment, Jesus remains. That single truth reframes faith, hope, and every promise...

Start with a claim that won’t let you shrug: the Father calls the Son God. We walk through Hebrews chapter 1 line by line to see how Scripture itself lifts Jesus above every created being, from angels to kings, and then crowns him with a righteous scepter. If angels refuse worship but Jesus receives it, what does that say about who he is and what he has done?

We explore the rich language of radiance and exact representatio...

The first lines of Hebrews don’t stroll—they soar. We open chapter one and climb fast: God has spoken in many portions and many ways, and now finally in the Son. That single claim reframes all of Scripture and resets our assumptions about authority, revelation, and hope. Together we explore how the author of Hebrews weaves Old Testament quotations, poetic Greek, and high Christology into a focused portrait: Jesus is heir of all thi...

We open the Book of Hebrews and find a letter written to Hebrew believers under pressure—public shame, seized property, and the easy out of slipping back into what once felt safe (Judaism). The writer won’t let them settle. With language that sings and arguments that cut clean, Hebrews makes one claim again and again: Jesus the Messiah is better.

The book’s first ten chapters build the case that Christ is greater than ange...

Ever mix up what God declares, what we practice, and what we’re promised? We walk through the Bible’s three-part map of the Christian life—justification, sanctification, and glorification—with clear definitions, vivid analogies, and a stack of Scripture you can mark up and revisit. You’ll hear why no amount of future good deeds can pay for past sin, how faith unites us to Christ’s righteousness, and why justification is a one-time ...

A demolished temple, a displaced people, and a prophet who receives blueprints on Passover—Ezekiel’s final vision is both a balm and a jolt. We step into chapters 40–48 and trace why the eight-chapter deluge of measurements and procedures is not filler but a signal that God intends a real place, a defined priesthood, and a rebuilt rhythm of worship marked by His presence. The dimensions don’t fit the Second Temple mount, and the Sh...

A single chapter can reset how you read prophecy, and Ezekiel 39 does exactly that. We trace the defeat of Gog, the shocking aftermath in Israel, and the unmistakable claim that God will end the profaning of His name and make Himself known among the nations. The language is concrete, the timeline is pointed, and the implications touch how we understand Israel’s future, the church age, and the character of God.

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A war so vast it’s pictured as a cloud over the land. A quake so great that every person on earth trembles. Ezekiel chapters 38–39 isn’t clickbait prophecy—it’s a tightly argued, context-rich vision that sits inside Ezekiel’s larger story of judgment, renewal, and God’s name defended among the nations. We start by setting the arc of the book—calling, judgment on Israel, judgment on the nations, and then restoration—so Gog of Magog ...

A broken stick can’t be truly fixed by a parent’s sleight of hand—but God can bind what’s split, and Ezekiel 37 shows us how. We walk through the prophet’s acted sign of two sticks labeled Judah and Joseph/Ephraim, joined into one in God’s hand, and trace the sweeping promise that follows: “I will gather, I will cleanse, I will make them one nation.” This is not a story about human resolve; it’s a story about divine initiative, whe...

A valley of bones, a prophet’s question, and a God who answers with His breath—Ezekiel chapter 37 is one of Scripture’s most gripping scenes, and we dive straight into its meaning and momentum. We read the passage aloud and track its movements: bones scattered and very dry, bodies reassembled without life, and finally the Spirit’s breath flooding in. Along the way, we explore why Ezekiel names the bones “the whole house of Israel,”...

A single line in Ezekiel chapter 36 flips the script on everything we think we know about divine favor: “Not for your sake... but for my holy name.” We pick up at verse 21 and walk through the chapter’s turning point, where God promises to gather Israel, cleanse idolatry, give a new heart, and put His Spirit within them—then backs it with tangible proof the nations can see: rebuilt cities, fruitful fields, and people filling the la...

A single claim reframes everything: restoration arrives not because the nation of Israel finally deserves it, but because God refuses to let His name be profaned among the other nations. We walk through the first half of Ezekiel chapter 36 step by step—why the prophet speaks to mountains and ravines, how neighboring nations like Edom misread Israel’s desolation as opportunity, and what Israel's exile broadcast to the world abo...

What if the most dangerous thing about a nation isn’t its armies, but its envy? In Ezekiel chapter 35, the spotlight falls on Edom—Mount Seir—and a hard truth emerges: God confronts “everlasting enmity,” the kind of hatred that celebrates another people’s pain and seizes land under the cover of their loss. We walk through the text line by line and place it in the larger arc of Ezekiel—early judgment on Judah, mid‑book oracles to th...