Question: “Does the red tape mean more to you than the rest of the rope?” To show what this question means, Mike uses a vivid illustration offered by Francis Chan. Chan puts red tape on about six inches of a very, very long rope to show how much time is spent here on earth relative…
Hebrews is a book that continually presses the reader to understand the supremacy of Jesus – over Moses and Melchizedek and the Law. In chapter 12, the writer encourages Christians to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, seeing Jesus in everything and in every situation.
Hebrews 11 – Bill Detherage Bill and his wife, Colleen, are long-time members at Broken Arrow Church of Christ, where Bill has served for years as a deacon. He owns and manages a landscape and construction company in Broken Arrow. Francis Chan once asked, “What are you doing right now that requires faith?” Faith, the…
Hebrews 8:7 makes it clear that the first covenant (with Israel) had a problem, and that covenant was replaced (8:13) by a new one. In chapter 9, the writer begins to detail the new covenant, providing a number comparisons between Jesus and the New Testament, and the law of Moses and the tabernacle.