Author Archives: Steve Hankins, Th.D.

The parent church for our church plant in Savannah Georgia decided to go through the process of making a name change. The church was located on Middleground Road in Savannah. So, one of the names considered was Middle Ground Baptist Church. This would have been an unfortunate choice since the connotation of middle-ground is aContinue reading “No Middle Ground (Hebrews 10:37-39)”

“Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.” (Hebrews 10:35–36, AV) Jim Eliot was one of five Christian missionaries who set out on a mission to evangelize the Huaorani people ofContinue reading “We Cannot Lose (Hebrews 10:32-36)”

“It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” (Hebrews 10:31, AV) In July 1741, a theologian and pastor named Jonathan Edwards compiled and preached a sermon titled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” It was a sermon that had tremendous influence in the Great Awakening of 1730-1755.Continue reading “Hands of God (Hebrews 10:30-31)”

“Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?” (Hebrews 10:29, KJV 1900) Back in the days of Hi-fidelityContinue reading “Far Worse (Hebrews 10:28-29)”

“For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.” (Hebrews 10:26–27, KJV 1900) I came into this world in 1951 when there was a deadly andContinue reading “Knowledge (Hebrews 10:26-31)”

“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:24–25, KJV 1900) I have been involved in churches since 1983, someContinue reading “Gathering (Hebrews 10:24-25)”

“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)” (Hebrews 10:23, KJV 1900) When I was a young adult, my dad organized a fishing trip to the Chesapeake Bay for striped bass with a group of his fishing buddies. When we arrived at the spot, it wasContinue reading “Holding Fast (Hebrews 10:23)”

“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” (Hebrews 10:22, KJV 1900) One time I received a promotion from the position of plant engineer to plant manager in a large printing plant. Yes, I wasContinue reading “Since . . . Let us (Hebrews 10:19-24)”

“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;” (Hebrews 10:19–20, KJV 1900) When I lived up in New Hampshire, one of the things I noticed was that inContinue reading “Opening the Curtain (Hebrews 10:19-20)”