Digital Logos Edition
We are all tempted to drift away from Jesus, but in the book of Hebrews God gives us an anchor: a detailed understanding of how and why Jesus is better than anything else.
Seminary professor Michael J. Kruger unpacks this rich book verse by verse. He explains the Old Testament background, gives plenty of application for our lives today, and shows us how Jesus is the fulfilment of all God’s work on earth. He encourages us to live by faith in Jesus—the only anchor for our souls.
This expository guide can be read as a book; used as a devotional; and utilized in teaching and preaching.
“Things hoped for’ are things in the future that have not yet happened. ‘Things not seen’ are things in the past—events that we were not there to see. Or, put simply, our faith is in what God has done and in what God will do.” (Pages 164–165)
“Propitiation’ is a specific word which means that Jesus’ death satisfies God’s wrath against sin—it appeases God” (Page 38)
“I’m not suggesting we should go out and risk our lives recklessly, but we do need to think about how much the fear of death holds us. We spend so much time thinking about how long we are going to live and planning for the time we have left. But in Christ we live eternally. We need to get the fear of death off our shoulders and live like we are going to live forever.” (Page 38)
“Jesus is the full, final revelation of God and that God’s new way of speaking is better than the old. But what he is not saying is that the old way is irrelevant or wrong. It is the inspired, infallible word of God. It is just incomplete—like a play without a final act.” (Page 12)
“If you have trouble submitting to church leaders, you are going to have a lot of trouble submitting to the Leader. You cannot say, I’ll submit to God, but I’m not going to submit to those he has appointed over me. Submitting to one is like submitting to the other.” (Page 225)