Hebrews 11 is not a hall of heroes but a witness stand. It shows ordinary people who trusted God’s promises and lived as pilgrims, seeking a better country.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Hebrews 11 is not a hall of heroes but a witness stand. It shows ordinary people who trusted God’s promises and lived as pilgrims, seeking a better country.
Christ’s obedient body and once-for-all offering open a new and living way. Draw near with a clean conscience, hold fast your hope, and strengthen others as the Day draws near.
Hebrews 8 centers on Jesus our seated Priest who serves in the true sanctuary. He mediates the new covenant with better promises that forgive and transform.
Hebrews 7 unveils Jesus as priest forever by God’s oath and indestructible life. He guarantees a better covenant, offered Himself once for all, and always intercedes for His people.
Hebrews 3 lifts Jesus above Moses and calls us to hear His voice “Today.” Hold fast your confidence and encourage one another toward God’s promised rest.
Hebrews 2 calls drifting hearts back to Christ. The Son shares our flesh, defeats death, and stands with us as a merciful and faithful High Priest.
James 4 traces quarrels to desires at war and calls believers back by grace. Submit to God, resist the devil, speak without slander, and plan with “if the Lord wills.”
James 2 brings the gospel into the room where people are seated and into the street where needs are met. It rejects favoritism and unmasks a faith that never acts, calling believers to mercy and to deeds that reveal live trust in Christ.
James 1 calls believers to joy in trials, prayer for wisdom, and a life that does the word. True religion guards the tongue, helps the vulnerable, and keeps clean in a world that stains.
Peter answers scoffers with Scripture’s memory and God’s timetable. He calls believers to holy, hopeful lives as we look for a new heavens and a new earth where righteousness dwells.
God has given everything needed for a godly life through knowing Christ. 2 Peter 1 urges steady growth and attention to Scripture’s lamp until the day dawns.
Babylon in Revelation gathers the Bible’s story of proud empires into a final city that dazzles the world and then falls. The church hears heaven’s call to come out and follow the Lamb with patient endurance.
Peter’s “Babylon” gathers the Bible’s story of proud cities into one pastoral greeting. This study shows how the word reaches from ancient empire to end-times fall and helps exiles stand fast in the true grace of God today.
Peter forms a scattered church around the living Stone and sends it into a watching world. This chapter study shows how identity in Christ fuels holy conduct, public witness, and endurance under unjust suffering.
Peter lifts exiles into praise, anchors them in a living hope, and calls them to holiness and deep love. This chapter study follows the flow of 1 Peter 1 and shows how future grace fuels present faithfulness.