6:9–12; 10:32–36; 13:23). Unlike an epistle, it opens not with the names of author and audience nor with preliminary blessing and prayer but with an elegant prologue that draws us into the theme: the ...
13:20), “crowned with glory and honor” (Heb. 2:9), and enthroned at God’s right hand (Heb. 1:3, 13; 8:1). There he lives forever to pray for you (Heb. 7:24–25). Drawing on the dominant ...
The word “covenant” is used so frequently in the evangelical church that the assumption is that every believer would know what the word means. Many churches even use “covenant” in ...
In a constantly changing world, where nothing seems stable, it can be comforting to know that God never changes. Every attribute of God is immutable—unchanging. While everything around us may ...
Protestants deny that good works can be meritorious (i.e., rewarded by God), but St. Augustine taught that our merit was merely God “crowning his own gifts.” That’s what the Catholic Church teaches.