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Dear CrossPointe, On this communion Sunday, we'll be in Hebrews 10:118, a critical passage that helps us understand the relationship and distinction between the law and the gospel and the difference between justification and sanctification. Clarity on these issues guards us from falling into theological ditches on both sides. In justification, we "have been." But in san...

Dear CrossPointe, I hope you're having a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We have so much to be thankful to God for! I've missed you the last two weeks and am looking forward to preaching on Hebrews 9:2728 this Sunday. It's a punchy little text about death, sin, and the return of Christmassively important topics. See you Sunday, Brad...

Dear CrossPointe, Reminders are an important part of life: we set reminders for tasks that need to be completed; we remind ourselves of how to do math or write a grammatically correct sentence; we remind others of something we told them just days ago; we remind our children that we love them even as we discipline them. In a word, reminders are a normal, everyday part of l...

CrossPointe, While Brad preaches in Athens this Sunday, we'll be taking a break from the book of Hebrews to read the shortest book in the Bible3 John. Despite its brevity, this little letter is packed with some essential truths about life in the church, and I am eager to study it together with you all! Read it a few times and let's lean forward together as we heed the L...

Dear CrossPointe, Our text this week is Hebrews 9:1526. It's a continuation of the author's look into what Jesus has done in the heavenly sanctuary to inaugurate the new covenant by his blood and all that entails for his people. As I've been saying a good bit recently, these are deep theological waters, but they are clear waters if we take the time to swim through them sl...

Dear CrossPointe, We are deep into some of the richest theological waters in the New Testament, and I hope it's been good for your soul! This Sunday, we'll look at Hebrews 9:114 where the author takes us into the Holy of Holies and shows how Jesus, our better High Priest, does something the Old Covenant could not dopurify our consciences from dead works to serve the liv...

Dear Church, We'll look at the second half of Hebrews 8 this Sunday in which the writer argues that Jesus is the mediator of a new and better covenant. So, what is a covenant and why is the new one better than the old one? We're going to dig into it together. Grace and peace, Brad ...

Dear CrossPointe, Last week Tyler preached an excellent message out of James 1. Listen hereif you missed it. This Sunday, we return to Hebrews, specificallyHebrews 8:16. As I've said numerous times, the theology of this letter is rich and deep, and we are about to enter into some of the most profound chapters in all of the Bible in Hebrews 810. The writer is about to ta...

Dear CrossPointe, This Sunday we are taking a break from Hebrews to look at a passage of Scripture that serves as a staple for the Christian life, James 1:28. This passage is a sobering look at the topic of trials and sufferingand James' purpose is to help us understand what God is doing in our lives in these moments. Instead of being moments of happenstance, James tells ...

Dear CrossPointe, Some of the richest Christology in the Bible is found in Hebrews. It may not be a stretch to say that we learn more about his person and work in this letter than anywhere else in the Scriptures. Our Sunday text, Hebrews 7:2628, is certainly one of the high points. It's the culmination of the author's argument for the superiority of Jesus' priesthood ov...