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Initial impressions of Hebrews might suggest that the writer is detached from any context. The opening chapter takes people into the heavenly realm of the angels. In what follows the author seems to live in the world of the Old Testament rather than his own. He quotes passage after passage from the Psalms, ponders the … Continue reading “5-week preaching series on Hebrews.]

Hebrews 5:1-10

Hebrews 5:1-10 Commentary by Amy L.B. Peeler”

[This is Week 3 of a 5-week preaching series on Hebrews.] Week 3 (Aug. 23, 2015) Preaching text: Hebrews 4:14-5:10 This passage includes an odd pair of words: sympathy and boldness. The term “sympathy” describes Christ’s role as a priest. The word can seem superficial. When someone says “I’m sympathetic” in casual conversation, it can … Continue reading “Hebrews 4:14–5:10 Commentary by Craig R. Koester”

In “Glory Days,” Bruce Springsteen sings of that high school baseball player who “could throw that speedball by you. Make you look like a fool boy.” Not being a gifted baseball player, I dreaded those moments. And my dreams about teaching or preaching in my birthday suit indicate that fear of exposure still runs deep … Continue reading “Hebrews 4:12-16 Commentary by Bryan J. Whitfield”

Hebrews 4:12-16 falls into two parts. Verses 12-13 in their context form a postscript to the argument of 3:7 – 4:11, providing extra motivation for the exhortation of 4:11. However, they also make sense on their own, and verse 12 is widely quoted by itself. Verses 14-16 begin a section that spans all the way … Continue reading “Hebrews 4:12-16 Commentary by Scott Shauf”

Initial impressions of Hebrews might suggest that the writer is detached from any context. The opening chapter takes people into the heavenly realm of the angels. In what follows the author seems to live in the world of the Old Testament rather than his own. He quotes passage after passage from the Psalms, ponders the … Continue reading “5-week preaching series on Hebrews.]

Hebrews 4:12-16

Hebrews 4:12-16 Commentary by Amy L.B. Peeler”

The days between Christmas and New Year’s Day see a shift from the images of angels and the manger to the annual retrospectives on the year that has passed. News magazines and television shows use collages of images to remind people of things that have taken place in the last twelve months. There are images … Continue reading “Hebrews 2:10-18 Commentary by Craig R. Koester”

The second reading for the First Sunday of Christmas in this year of Matthew is clearly chosen to give further testimony to the pain and suffering so palpable in the story of the Massacre of the Innocents that only the Gospel of Matthew tells. But even before the account of the slaughter of the first … Continue reading “Hebrews 2:10-18 Commentary by Karoline Lewis”

This reading from Hebrews for the first Sunday after Christmas continues to celebrate the festival of the Incarnation, the adventus/katabasis of God in the human Jesus.  This reading from Hebrews for the first Sunday after Christmas continues to celebrate the festival of the Incarnation, the adventus/katabasis of God in the human Jesus. The highly poetic … Continue reading “Hebrews 2:10-18 Commentary by Erik Heen”

Initial impressions of Hebrews might suggest that the writer is detached from any context. The opening chapter takes people into the heavenly realm of the angels. In what follows the author seems to live in the world of the Old Testament rather than his own. He quotes passage after passage from the Psalms, ponders the … Continue reading “Hebrews 1:1-4 Commentary by Craig R. Koester”

In the city of Macon, Georgia, the Harriet Tubman African-American Museum honors the memory of the “Black Moses,” the best-known conductor on the Underground Railroad. A runaway slave herself, Tubman returned again and again to the South to rescue her family members and other slaves. In her nineteen trips, she escorted more than three hundred … Continue reading “Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Commentary by Bryan J. Whitfield”