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We’ve already spilled quite a bit of ink on the subject of God’s invitation to enter His rest. But before I’m willing to give it a rest, I’d like to jot down a few short paragraphs to tell the “re...

I’m a fan of oldies rock. There, I’ve said it out loud (sort of). I was a teenager in the 70s, when some of the most powerful bands ever to perform came alive on my little AM/FM boom box (my fir...

I’m not sure my students (or the average Christian, for that matter) understand the importance of the question “Is it inspired?” If it sounds right, if it seems to be in agreement with the rest of scr...

While comparing Jesus with the ministry of Moses, the great law giver, the Hebrew writer “mixes his metaphors.” On the one hand, he refers to Moses as one who was a faithful servant in God’s house...

As was true with our discussion of Jesus and the angels, the Hebrew writer’s comparison of Jesus and Moses will take more than a few lines of print. I appreciate your patience while we sort these g...

In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. Both...

As we close our comments on chapter one of the Hebrew letter, I'd like to spend just a few hundred words recognizing the place of angels within God's creation. First, they are said to be worshipers...

"So He became as much superior to angels as the name He has inherited is superior to theirs" (Hebrews 1:4 NIV). CAUTION – RANT AHEAD I'm afraid our culture has recreated angels in a number of ways t...

"After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the majesty in Heaven." The last of the Hebrew writer's list of Messiah's qualifications is a segue into the following se...

“Sustaining all things by His powerful word.” No one who knows anything about the Savior would question the Hebrew writer’s claim that Jesus’ words were full of power. The original recipients and mult...

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word (Hebrews 1:3a). Last week, we looked at a very Pauline claim (that Jesus w...

I’m fairly certain I was in my late teens before someone pointed out to me that as God was creating man (Genesis 1, Day 6) He referred to Himself in the plural. Our English texts get the gist of t...

This week, we’ll take a look at the first of seven amazing descriptions used by the Hebrew writer to introduce (or rather re-introduce) Messiah to his audience. Jesus is the one whom God has ...

Recently, at College Hill, we began a series of sermons from the Gospel of Mark (we are now 12 weeks into the study and still in chapter 3). Videos are available on You Tube under Dr. W. Jay Tyree,...

Once, an octogenarian minister was asked for the secret of framing the perfect sermon. He answered, “tell ‘em what you’re gonna’ tell ‘em; then tell ‘em what you need to tell ‘em; and finish by tel...

Last week, I promised (rather tongue in cheek) to identify the writer of the New Testament letter to the Hebrews. Unfortunately, that task has been tried by countless scholars, far more qualified...

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, “If you don’t understand the context, you don’t understand the scripture.” Like every other passage in our English Bibles, the letter to the Hebrews did...

Many of you remember Dr. Mike Knedler. He was a great asset to NWOSU for more than three decades. He then lost his mind and moved to Edmond. There’s just no telling what some people will do. During h... Full story

We have entered that time of year that my Pop might have called “good sleeping weather.” I’m not a fan of severely cold conditions but crisp mornings and cool nights will do just fine. The change in t... Full story