All that Brandon Rhodes remembers about Hebrews from seminary was the debates Calvinists and others would have over Hebrews 6 – the whole "once saved, always saved" thing. Boring! This passage is far more revolutionary than that old pissing match. If our sacred story's sense of salvation is Creator inhabiting a community of love and solidarity – not rules and going to heaven – then this reads quite differently.

Notice what comes before: Jesus 101 is love and generosity. Then notice what comes after: waywardness expressed as scapegoating among them (re-crucifying Christ). Priscilla is arguing that if you're practicing the Jesus Way, then subsequent doctrine will come into focus and it'll exorcise any impulse to solve problems with violence and exclusion.

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Opportunity Walks by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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