Examples of Faith -- Aliens and Sojourners
The writer of Hebrews continues to open the family photo album to highlight examples of faith. None were perfect. Yet, because of faith, they could have a relationship with God. Commentary excerpts,...
25 Nov 201837min
Hebrews 11:1-12
10:31 The writer of Hebrews was guarding against apostasy on the part of the members In our present day, we have risk for this in a number of ways: More forceful inflammatory comments that are often m...
18 Nov 201835min
Hebrews 10:1-18 Christ Sits Down
From the opening verses of Hebrews, the author has been explaining the superiority of Christ from a number of angles. His argument has built gradually but relentlessly to a culmination of Jesus instit...
4 Nov 201838min
Hebrews 9
11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he entered once f...
28 Okt 201835min
Hebrews (7) 8
(Publisher note: technical issues prevented recording of the prior two weeks of teaching.) The author of Hebrews continues building the case of "better" in chapters 7 and 8. First, he asserts that ...
14 Okt 201831min
Hebrews 5:11-6:12 Time For Your Spinach!!
The writer of Hebrews has already been seen to shift back and forth between theology and exhortation -- sometimes abruptly. In today's passage, this rhetorical technique is on full display. Gone is th...
23 Sep 201833min
Hebrews 4:11-5:10 Jesus, Our High Priest
The whole Law and the priesthood that administered it was necessary because sin separated us from God. This passage introduces the concept of a high priest who identifies with people and, via sacrifi...
16 Sep 201830min
Hebrews 4:1-11 Resting in God
Hebrews 4:1-11
9 Sep 201833min
