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The Superiority of Jesus Christ, Part 2
Editor’s Note: This article was reprinted with permission from Warren Vanhetloo’s newsletter “Cogitation.”Read Part 1.Both as to person and to task, Jesus of Nazareth was superior to all the Old...
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The Incarnation in Hebrews, Part Three
Read Part 1 and Part 2.The Order of MelchizedekThe writer to the Hebrews was distressed by the spiritual immaturity of his readers. He wanted to discuss theology with them—specifically, the calling of...
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The Incarnation in Hebrews, Part Four
Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.Both Offerer and OfferingOne of the primary concerns of the writer to the Hebrews is the priesthood of Christ. The duty of a priest is to represent humans before God. In...
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To Hebrews
When Helen and I were in Dublin in the summer of 2008, we were waiting for our timed entrance to Dublin Castle. When we realized that we had almost an hour’s wait, I saw that the Chester Beatty Library...
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Did Jude Write Hebrews?
1. Jude started to write an epistle about the “salvation” he shared in common with his readers but changed to writing his shorter epistle (Jude 3). I suggest that he later completed this postponed work...
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Authorship of Hebrews: Why not Paul?
Read The series so far.A pastor asked a good question in response to my suggestion that Jude was the author of Hebrews: “How does one go about determining authorship, when the majority of early,...
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What is the Main Message of Hebrews?
I am about to work through Hebrews with my Greek Exegesis class, so I am reminded of a discovery I made in Hebrews a few years ago. I am happy to follow up my post of a couple of days ago with some...
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What is the Main Message of Hebrews? (2)
Read the series so far.There is a second way in which Auctor (Latin nickname for the author of Hebrews) effectively but succinctly presents his message. Beginning in Hebrews 2:9, he mentions Jesus by...
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