This post is also available as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/Just-a-ThoughtRevisited-e1j6nue *** In April, I wrote a very brief post entitled, “Just a Thought.” It said: “We do not choose our own suffering. The suffering chosen for us is that which will cause us to give up everything for Godor keep everything for ourselves.” After reading it,…
Category: The cross
These Are the Wounds
(This blog post is also available on The Voice of One podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/These-Are-the-Wounds-e1iknl2) In December of 2020 I released a CD entitled Poured Out. The songs on this album all touch on the theme of communion somehow, especially the church’s calling to participate in Christ’s death and resurrection. I attend a non-denominational church. About 20…
Thy Way, Not Mine, O Lord
This post is also available on The Voice of One Podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/Thy-Way–Not-Mine–O-Lord-e1idi52 I’ve been reading The Oxford Book of Christian Verse, and came across a work by Horatius Bonar: “Thy Way, Not Mine, O Lord.” Though presented as a poem in the book I’m reading, I discovered it is a hymn. (Listen here). Bonar’s words…
The Voice of One Podcast
So, apparently podcasts are a thing 😆 And not a thing I’ve ever paid attention to. But this is kinda how I roll. I’ve never been “cutting edge.” When I started blogging 14 or 15 years ago, it was mostly by accident. I created an account and blog on Blogger (thewordwasgod.blogspot.com) so I could read…
Disgrace (Part Two)
Read part one here: https://thevoiceofone.org/2022/04/14/disgrace-part-one/ Just before talking about going to Jesus outside the camp, the writer says, “We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle do not have a right to eat” (Heb. 13:10). Joining Jesus outside the camp is joining in the suffering of the cross. This is the altar the…
Disgrace (Part One)
The law commands that unclean things be separated from clean. After blood from the sacrifice was taken into the most holy place on the Day of Atonement, the animal’s body was taken outside the camp and burned (Lev. 16:27; Heb. 13:11). The animal (who was innocent) took on the spiritual filth of the people. Yet…
Just a Thought…
We do not choose our own suffering. The suffering chosen for us is that which will cause us to give up everything for God or keep everything for ourselves.
The Measuring Line of Faith
As the writer of Hebrews encourages readers to live by faith, he tells them to run “with endurance” and to keep their eyes on Jesus, “the source and perfecter of our faith” (Heb. 12:1-2). What does the source and perfecter of faith teach us? Verse 12:2 often reads that Jesus endured the cross “for the…
Living Types and Shadows
Considering everything the writer has said previously, it makes all the sense in the world that Hebrews 11 focuses on faith. In chapters 9 and 10, the writer describes how Jesus made one offering for sin for all of time. Since He bore away sin and finished the work of atonement for all time, He…
Desert Flower
Flowers mentioned in the Old Testament have often been used as images of Jesus. “Lily of the valley” and ”the rose of Sharon” come to mind. I haven’t done an in depth study on seeing Christ in the flora of the Bible. But I’m sure it would be interesting. Below is a poem I wrote…