Sermons from February 2024
Hebrews 4:14-5:10 – He Gets Us
Please turn with me to Hebrews chapter 4. Two weeks ago during the Superbowl, a Christian organization aired two commercials with the tagline “He Gets Us”—attempting to convey a message that Jesus understands everyone, and has a message for everyone. This is the second year in a row this organization aired commercials during the Superbowl, and they have racked up close to a million views on YouTube in the past two weeks. The commercials have generated no end of controversy—liberals…
Hebrews 4:1-13 The Rest Found in Jesus
Last Wednesday there was a senseless, evil shooting in Kansas City. Last month there was murder at a high school in Perry, Iowa, just 45 miles from here. There is war in the Middle East and Ukraine. In all these things, we wonder, Where is peace? Where is the rest? Why is everyone so angry? But even closer to home, we find ourselves longing for rest in our own little world. Family disputes. Marriage collapses. Tension in the workplace. And…
Hebrews 3:1-4:1 – Fix Your Mind on Jesus
Please turn with me to Hebrews chapter 3. In today’s passage, we come across the first of several warning passages in the book of Hebrews. The passage warns us to “watch out, in case any of us has an evil and unbelieving heart”, and to not “harden our hearts” when God commands us. It seems to warn us that if we don’t hang on to the end we will not be considered part of God’s house, and that there may…
Hebrews 2:5-18 The Humanity of Jesus
Today is National Big Word Sermon Day. We’re going to talk about some big words, so you may need access to Dictionary.com. We are going through a sermon series on a book in the NT called “Hebrews.” The name “Hebrews” likely comes from the recipients of the book, who were probably Christians from Jewish ancestry. So they were “Hebrew” Christians. And we typically call Hebrews a “letter” or “epistle,” but it actually reads more like a sermon. A sermon of…