Tag: Hebrews

How do you deal with stuff in the Bible that is “old, strange and foreign?”

September 14, 2010

John Piper, on coming to something in the Bible that is ” Old and Strange and Foreign to Me”(as in Hebrews 8 ) It’s almost inevitable that people who live in the modern world of computers and jets and television and antibiotics will read these verses with a sense of tremendous foreignness. That is not my world, … More How do you deal with stuff in the Bible that is “old, strange and foreign?”

Shadow has Become Reality!

September 14, 2010

John Piper, on Hebrews 8, in a sermon “Jesus:Mediator of a Better Covenant, Part 1” Remember from Hebrews 8:5 that the priests serve a copy and a shadow of heavenly things. The tabernacle and temple were a shadow; the official priesthood was a shadow; the animal sacrifices were a shadow; the feasts and dietary laws … More Shadow has Become Reality!

Is the anchor of my soul as firmly attached to my soul as it is to the altar of God?

September 10, 2010

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,  where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. John Piper, in a sermon,”Hope Anchored in Heaven,” on Hebrews 6:19-20: … More Is the anchor of my soul as firmly attached to my soul as it is to the altar of God?

Go Back to the Spring

September 9, 2010

Hebrews 6:11 And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. John Piper, in a sermon “The Full Assurance of Hope” So here in … More Go Back to the Spring

How Can You “Fall Away from God” if You Never Were a Believer?

September 5, 2010

John Piper comments in a sermon, “Eternal Security is a Commuity Project” from Hebrews 3: Now this raises several questions. One is: Well, if our failure to hold fast our hope and confidence means we never were really partakers of Christ, what are we falling away from in verse 12? Take care, brethren, lest there … More How Can You “Fall Away from God” if You Never Were a Believer?

God is not silent.

September 1, 2010

Hebrews 1:1-2  Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. John Piper, in the first of his sermons … More God is not silent.