Letters From Home

By Hank Garner

We're all a long way from home.

That's the thing the Bible keeps trying to tell us. We're sojourners. Pilgrims. People walking a road we can't see the end of. And the whole canon of Scripture

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September 17, 2026 Letter 079 — The Address: Where Is Your *But If Not*? (Daniel 3)
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Letters from Home is a daily Bible teaching podcast with host Hank Garner.
Mail for people still on the road. New letters every weekday.
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Website: https://hanksbiblestudy.com/podcast/
Most of us have been living inside the transactional deal — we obey, God rescues. The three young men had a deeper faith. Faith that held even if God did not rescue.
In this letter
- The transactional faith framework and why it breaks
- The confidence sentence versus the but if not sentence
- Why both are needed together
- God in the fire, not just before it
- The fourth man as the answer to the but if not
Scripture — Daniel 3:17-18
The question to sit with
Where in your faith is there a but if not? And where have you been looking for rescue from the fire while missing God in it?
Coming tomorrow | The Whole Letter.
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September 16, 2026 Letter 078 — The Story: The Furnace (Daniel 3)
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Mail for people still on the road. New letters every weekday.
Subscribe wherever you listen.
Website: https://hanksbiblestudy.com/podcast/
The story walked slow. The plain, the herald, the music, the accusation, the second chance, the but if not speech, the furnace, and the fourth man.
In this letter
- The dimensions of the statue and its location
- The Chaldean accusation and possible motives
- Nebuchadnezzar's challenge — who is the god who will deliver you?
- The three-part speech — able, will, but if not
- V'hen la — the Aramaic phrase for but if not
- The furnace, the dead guards, the four figures walking
- Bar elahin — the Aramaic phrase for the fourth man
Scripture — Daniel 3
Aramaic/Hebrew word studies
- v'hen la — Aramaic for but if not
- bar elahin — Aramaic for son of God / son of the gods
Coming tomorrow | The Address.
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10min
September 15, 2026 Letter 077 — The Sender: Exiles in Babylon (Daniel 3)
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Mail for people still on the road. New letters every weekday.
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Website: https://hanksbiblestudy.com/podcast/
Three young men had been taken from Judah. Renamed by the empire. Trained for foreign service. And when the music played, they still did not bow.
In this letter
- The 605 BC exile and how Daniel and his friends came to Babylon
- The bilingual structure of Daniel (Hebrew and Aramaic)
- Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah and their Babylonian names
- Where Daniel was during chapter 3
- Faith modeled by names most Christians can't pronounce
Scripture — Daniel 1:1-7 (referenced)
Coming tomorrow | The Story.
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8min
September 14, 2026 Letter 076 — The Envelope: The Fourth Man (Daniel 3)
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A statue. A furnace. Three young men who refused to bow. And a fourth man in the fire.
In this letter
- A slow read of Daniel 3 (NKJV)
- The setup — the statue, the music, the command
- The three young men's refusal
- The but if not speech
- The fourth man in the fire
Scripture — Daniel 3
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9min
September 11, 2026 Letter 075 — The Whole Letter: Paga (Isaiah 53)
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The Hebrew verb runs through the chapter in two directions. In verse 6, our iniquity falls on Him. In verse 12, He rushes at God on our behalf. Same word. Two directions. That is the shape of Christ's work.
In this letter
- Paga (H6293) walked in both directions
- The whole passage walked one more time
- The Servant as target of paga on the cross
- The Servant as agent of paga now, at the right hand
- A direct pastoral landing for the sin-carrying, the grieving, the doubtful, and the accused
Scripture — Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Hebrews 7:25; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1
Hebrew word studies
- paga (פָּגַע, H6293) — the two-directional verb of the chapter (Friday apex)
Next week's letter | Daniel 3 — The Fourth Man.
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11min
September 10, 2026 Letter 074 — The Address: Are You in the All? (Isaiah 53:6)
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The verse says the iniquity of us all was laid on Him. Every clause insists on all. Does that include you?
In this letter
- The Hebrew emphatic in verse 6
- Belief versus living from what you believe
- The six substitutions unpacked for your specific life
- Why the intercession in verse 12 is ongoing
- The honest question about what you are still carrying
Scripture — Isaiah 53:4-6, 12; Hebrews 7:25; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1
The question to sit with
Where in your life have you been carrying what has already been laid on Him?
Coming tomorrow | The Whole Letter.
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10min
September 09, 2026 Letter 073 — The Story: The Iniquity of Us All (Isaiah 53)
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The Servant is despised, rejected, silent at His trial, wounded, bruised, and buried with the rich. And the iniquity of us all falls on Him.
In this letter
- Walking verses 13 through 12 slow
- Mareh and mishchat — appearance disfigured beyond human
- Nazah — sprinkle, priestly word
- The six substitutions in verse 5
- Paga (H6293) in verse 6 — the iniquity landing on Him
- Asham — guilt offering
- The two burial details fulfilled at the cross
- Paga again in verse 12 — intercession
Scripture — Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Hebrew word studies
- paga (פָּגַע, Strong's H6293) — to fall on, to rush at, to meet, to intercede
- makh'ov — pain, sorrow
- choli — sickness, grief
- asham — guilt offering
Coming tomorrow | The Address.
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12min
September 08, 2026 Letter 072 — The Sender: The Fifth Gospel (Isaiah 53)
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Isaiah preached across four kings of Judah. In the middle of his long book sits a passage that describes Jesus with such precision that most readers can't believe it was written seven centuries before Him.
In this letter
- Isaiah's context — eighth century BC, four kings
- The book's structure — the Book of Comfort in chapters 40-55
- The four Servant Songs
- How Isaiah 53 matches the crucifixion detail by detail
- Acts 8 and Philip preaching Jesus from this passage
Scripture — Isaiah 6:1; Isaiah 40:1-2; Acts 8:26-35
Coming tomorrow | The Story.
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10min
September 07, 2026 Letter 071 — The Envelope: Man of Sorrows (Isaiah 53)
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Written seven hundred years before the man it describes was born. The clearest description of the crucified Messiah in the entire Old Testament.
In this letter
- A slow read of Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (NKJV)
- The six-fold substitution in verse 5
- The Hebrew word paga teased for Friday
- Why this passage is called the Fifth Gospel
Scripture — Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Coming tomorrow | The Sender.
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10min
September 04, 2026 Letter 070 — The Whole Letter: Devarim (Exodus 20)
In Hebrew, the ten are not called commandments. They are called devarim. Words. And words are different from commandments.
In this letter
- Aseret hadevarim — the Ten Words
- Dabar (H1697) as the singular
- The three uses of the phrase in the Torah — Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 4:13, Deuteronomy 10:4
- Why the Latin decem praecepta shifted the frame
- The ten walked one more time as words from a Father, not commands from a superior
- Romans 13 — love as the fulfillment of the law
- A direct pastoral landing for the burdened, the failing, and the frame-corrupted
Scripture — Exodus 20:1-17 (full); Deuteronomy 4:13, 10:4; Exodus 34:28; Romans 13:8-10
Hebrew word studies
- dabar (דָּבָר, Strong's H1697) — word. The name for the ten.
- aseret hadevarim — the Ten Words
Next week's letter | Isaiah 53 — Man of Sorrows.
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FAQs about Letters From Home:

How many episodes does Letters From Home have?

The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.