All Sermons in Hebrews

An Introduction to Hebrews, Part One:  Authorship Intro: Read/Pray 1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the world. Today’s opening…

An Introduction to Hebrews, Continued Intro: What we are going to cover in these first two weeks: 1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through…

Show Us The Father Intro: How many of you remember the opening 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan?  The opening of Hebrews hits with the same velocity. 1God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2in these last days has spoken to us in…

The Significance of Subtlety Intro: Three Film Clips Subtly foreshadowing: Psycho Shawshank Jurassic Park  When He had made purification of sins,  He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high… “When He had made purification of sins…”  (NASB20) “When He had by Himself purged our sins…”  (NKJV) “After He had provided purification…

The Supremacy of Christ Intro: (funny gun video?) 4 having become so much better than the angels, to the extent that He has inherited a more excellent name than they. 5 For to which of the angels did He ever say, “You are My Son,Today I have fathered You”? And again, “I will be a Father to…

The Supremacy of Christ, Part Two Intro: Hebrews 1:6-12 6  And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says, “And let all the angels of God worship Him.” 7 And regarding the angels He says, “He makes His angels winds,And His ministers a flame of fire.” 8 But regarding the Son He says, “Your…

The Supremacy of Christ (Part 3) Intro: 13 But to which of the angels has He ever said, “Sit at My right hand,Until I make Your enemiesA footstool for Your feet”? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to provide service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation? I actually want us to…

The Logic Argument for Taking Jesus Seriously Intro: Augustin, Martin Luther, John Wesley, C.S. Lewis (Picture) Anyone know what they all have in common? They were broken into a moment of surrender by logic and rationale in the book of Romans. Personal question of pure curiosity:  do you think I was broken by logic or…

The Humanity of Christ Intro: This is an awkward passage to translate from Greek to English, so it might help to look at few variant English translations to get a better grasp of the ideas the author is communicating: NASB 2020: 5 For He did not subject to angels the world to come, about which we…

See Jesus Intro: Yada Yada Yada Sometimes things get lost in translation. (Ben and Mary at lunch with Japanese students:  Are you Priest?) 8b But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him. 9 But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because…

The ONLY Path of Salvation Intro: All week I’ve been dreading taking this white board back downstairs, last week Nate Harrison called me and asked for one.  (Frankly, had I known how he was going to use it, I would have created a keynote slide for him).   But as I was prepping this week,…

One With Christ Intro: Song Lyric: Roll up to the theater; ticket buying, what we’re handlin’ You can call us Aaron Burr from the way we’re dropping Hamiltons (How many of you get the clever joke here?  What previous knowledge is required to get the joke?) Reminder:  Hebrews was written by a Jew, to the…