Philip Dampier's Blog

“Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.” In this verse, we are reminded that there are two ways to teach and two ways to learn. God be thanked for the many teachers of…

“So we can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” What a wonderful thing to know, that there is something we can have complete confidence in. It is so hard to find complete trust in this world today. The entire…

“Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’” This one verse has three important parts, and the three parts are interconnected and based on one consideration, faith. Remember, in chapter eleven, we…

“Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.” While it is true that marriage is an earthly contract and doesn’t extend into heaven, that doesn’t mean that God views the agreement lightly. God’s point…

“Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.” While this may very well be an admonition to Christians to take care of their fellow Christian brothers and sisters, the principle is still a good…

“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” This is the first way our writer gives us to show brotherly love. Its necessity in Biblical times cannot be overstated. It was a general understanding among people who lived in harsh climates and difficult…

“Let brotherly love continue.” We feel the shift of the writer. For Christians, who have been shown the greatest love imaginable, there is no higher calling than to love the brotherhood of Christ. Even if there are disagreements among the brothers, these disagreements cannot be allowed to bring about division…

“…for our God is a consuming fire.” This final thought is basically the end of the writer’s attempt to persuade believing Jews to abandon their quest to make the old covenant a part of the new. They must leave the old and accept the new if they want to be…

“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe…” Why do we cling so tightly to things that can be shaken when God has provided that which cannot be shaken. Why do men…

“This phrase, ‘Yet once more,’ indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.” The concept ‘shaken’ is explained as removal. Things to be shaken are to be removed. Those things are identified as created…