Series Guide
Overview
This fifty-week series on the book of Hebrews revolves around the central message of the letter: the superiority of the new covenant over and against the old covenant. The letter’s original recipients were most likely being enticed to depart from the Christian faith and revert to Judaism. Thus, the author of Hebrews warns them against apostasy, for if they forfeit their Christ, they will forfeit their salvation. The book of Hebrews is an important letter for our time, too. Like the world of the Bible, our world offers many different religious roads to salvation, but Hebrews champions the centrality and supremacy of Jesus Christ.
Weekly Previews
Hebrews - Week 1
Hebrews was written to encourage Jewish Christians to persevere in the faith of Jesus Christ.
Hebrews - Week 2
Christ is not just the Son of God, but also God the Son.
Hebrews - Week 3
Jesus is far greater than the angels.
Hebrews - Week 4
To avoid drifting away from the faith, Christians are called to ground themselves in the truth of the gospel.
Hebrews - Week 5
Suffering is the road to glory.
Hebrews - Week 6
Jesus reversed the curse of Adam, creating a new way to be human.
Hebrews - Week 7
Christ is the master builder of the church.
Hebrews - Week 8
God wants us to experience rest.
Hebrews - Week 9
We need the help and encouragement of others to persevere in the faith and endure to the end.
Hebrews - Week 10
A healthy fear of the consequences of sin can help us avoid needless danger.
Hebrews - Week 11
The rest that was promised to the ancient Israelites is for all who believe.
Hebrews - Week 12
The Spirit works in and through the words of Scripture to speak to us today.
Hebrews - Week 13
As sinners who need forgiveness, we can have full confidence in the grace and mercy of God to cover our sins.
Hebrews - Week 14
Jesus is both an empathetic, gentle high priest and a powerful, sovereign high priest.
Hebrews - Week 15
Jesus is both the great role model of the church and the sole source of salvation for the church.
Hebrews - Week 16
God wants all of us to grow into maturity in Christ.
Hebrews - Week 17
The kingdom is for the fruitful, not the unfruitful.
Hebrews - Week 18
God wants us to inherit the fulfillment of his promises.
Hebrews - Week 19
God has guaranteed the efficacy of the salvific work of Christ.
Hebrews - Week 20
Jesus reigns supreme over all other religious leaders and priestly figures.
Hebrews - Week 21
The perfect and eternal high priest, Christ is the author of a new and far greater covenant.
Hebrews - Week 22
Jesus is the greatest priest of all time.
Hebrews - Week 23
Jesus is the true priest who offers his perfect sacrifice at the altar of the true temple in the eternity of God.
Hebrews - Week 24
The new covenant is a better covenant with better promises.
Hebrews - Week 25
The new covenant brings many new benefits.
Hebrews - Week 26
Though old and obsolete, the earthly tabernacle can still teach us a lot.
Hebrews - Week 27
Jesus is the salvation of God.
Hebrews - Week 28
The covenant of Christ offers new capabilities and new benefits.
Hebrews - Week 29
Jesus is the sole guarantee of our salvation.
Hebrews - Week 30
"Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins" (v.22).
Hebrews - Week 31
The sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the cross fully and finally dealt with our sin.
Hebrews - Week 32
God gives us the grace we need to be resilient.
Hebrews - Week 33
God gives us the grace we need to be resilient.
Hebrews - Week 34
Our beliefs should inform our actions.
Hebrews - Week 35
Even though the grace of God is liberal and lavish, covering a multitude of sins, it doesn't cover the sin of unrepentance.
Hebrews - Week 36
"We are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls" (Hebrews 10:39)
Hebrews - Week 37
Faith must be grounded in the objectivity of God rather than the subjectivity of humanity.
Hebrews - Week 38
Faith is a matter of the mind and the will.
Hebrews - Week 39
God wants Christians to be imitators of the faith of their biblical forebears.
Hebrews - Week 40
Those who have faith in God believe in and hope for a promise far more valuable and derivable than anything in the world.
Hebrews - Week 41
"This so sweet to trust in Jesus," to prove him more and more.
Hebrews - Week 42
Those who exercise obedient faith will be richly rewarded in this life, not just in heaven.
Hebrews - Week 43
Faith is expressed through faithfulness.
Hebrews - Week 44
Jesus is the greatest of all examples of faith.
Hebrews - Week 45
God disciplines those he loves.
Hebrews - Week 46
Christians are called to a life of holiness and righteousness.
Hebrews - Week 47
The old covenant elicited fear; the new covenant elicits hope.
Hebrews - Week 48
Christ is the great forger, or blacksmith, who refines us in the fire of God, enabling us to withstand the heat.
Hebrews - Week 49
Christians are called to be living sacrifices (Romans 12:1).
Hebrews - Week 50
Jesus Christ is the center of Christian faith and praxis.