The writer of Hebrews rolls out some of the most difficult text in all of the Bible, and yet it’s the difficult passages which often produce the greatest profit for the children of grace. The WRATH of God and the LOVE of God are often set against one another in the mind [...]
The writer of Hebrews begins the final section in this remarkable Epistle, as he moves us from learning to living. There are a number of ways we would characterize this shift, and it’s the same pattern we find in all of the New Testament Epistles. Belief must precede behavior, doctrine must precede [...]
The writer of Hebrews gives us two new constructs by which to understand the infinite glory of the Gospel of Jesus Christ – a last will and testament – and blood. By these two constructs we are given extraordinary insights into God’s design to have His Son die for you and me. [...]
The writer of Hebrews takes us into the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle, and dazzles the mind with a multi-dimensional prophetic picture of the glory of Jesus Christ. In fact the writer calls the entire system under the Old Covenant a PARABLE – designed to communicate to you and I the [...]
The writer of Hebrews takes us back to the fabulous Tabernacle of Israel, which is essentially a giant picture of Jesus Christ. If you enjoy marveling over pictures of Christ in the Old Testament, then this Sunday is your birthday at VXV. The Spirit of God is going to park His glory [...]
Love has many faces, and it comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes. A group of researchers once posed the following question to a group of young children: “What does love mean?” The answers were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. “Love is when you go out to eat [...]
The writer of Hebrews takes us deep down into the Word of God, and unpacks for us the marvelous mystery of Melchizedek, in no doubt one of the more robust pictures of the person and works of Jesus Christ we have in all of the Old Testament. What many believers don’t realize, [...]
The writer of Hebrews takes us deep down into the Word of God, and unpacks for us the marvelous mystery of Melchizedek, in no doubt one of the more robust pictures of the person and works of Jesus Christ we have in all of the Old Testament. What many believers don’t realize, [...]
THIS SUNDAY AT VXV: In the book of James, we read that faith without works is dead. Yet, in his letter to the Ephesians, the Apostle Paul writes, “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result [...]
