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Hebrews 12:14-29 06/01/2025

Hebrews 12:14-29 In our penultimate sermon in Hebrews we address the final warning passage and a multifaceted description of the Heavenly Jerusalem. Read Hebrews 12:14-29 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/36809200

Hebrews 12:1-13 05/25/2025

Hebrews 12:1-13 The Hall of Faith ultimately points to Jesus, the opening of chapter 12, where we get an extended athletic metaphor for the spiritual life and several very famous phrases. Read Hebrews 12:1-13 and thanks for watching. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/36745170

Hebrews 11:17-40 05/18/2025

Hebrews 11:17-40 Part II of the Hall of Faith, we look at several more figures as well as the rapid fire list at the end and seek the encouragement this list provides. Read Hebrews 11:17-40 and thanks for watching! /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/36618485

Hebrews 11:1-16 05/11/2025

Hebrews 11:1-16 Hebrews 11 is famous for being a Hall of Faith, so let's see what a closer inspection of these examples shows us and how it fits with the author's larger encouragement. Read Hebrews 11:1-16 and thanks for listening! Happy Mother's Day! /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/36531955

Hebrews 10:19-39 05/04/2025

Hebrews 10:19-39 Hebrews turns to exhortations and its fourth warning passage as the author continues to encourage his readers to go forward. Read Hebrews 10:19-39 and thanks for watching. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/36455510

Hebrews 10:1-18 04/27/2025

Hebrews 10:1-18 We resume where we left off in Hebrews, with some further insights into the Resurrection as we contemplate the work of Jesus. Read Hebrews 10:1-18 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/36357115

Easter 2025 - John 20 04/20/2025

Easter 2025 - John 20 He is Risen! Having finished our Lenten time in Job, we turn to the Gospel of John for his account of the Resurrection, both an end and a beginning. Read John 20 and thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/36243320

Job 38, 42 - Palm Sunday/Lent week 6 04/13/2025

Job 38, 42 - Palm Sunday/Lent week 6 The book of Job culminates in God's speeches to Job, which are beautiful and awe inspiring, yet not the answers we might have expected. Read Job 38 and 42 and thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/36135515

Lent - Job 32-37 04/06/2025

Lent - Job 32-37 One more interruption occurs before we get to God's reply, as Elihu comes out of nowhere and rebukes both Job and his friends. But is he right? Read Job 32 and 37 and thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/36052300

Job 13,19 03/30/2025

Job 13,19 Job now replies to his friends' accusations and we continue to ponder what his friends said wrong and what Job gets right. Read Job 13 and 19 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/35925470

Job 4 & 5 - Lent week 3 03/23/2025

Job 4 & 5 - Lent week 3 Job's poetry continues with the speeches of Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who did so well in silence and now do so badly when they speak. Read Job 4 and 5 and thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/35878415

Lent - Job 3, 7 03/16/2025

Lent - Job 3, 7 We turn from the narrative of Job to the poetry, beginning with Job's response to his suffering. Read Job chapter 3 and 7 and see you Sunday. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/35732560

Job 1-2 - Lent week 1 03/09/2025

Job 1-2 - Lent week 1 We begin the season of Lent with the prologue of Job, in which all the events happen, setting up the three rounds of speeches that take up most of the book. Read Job 1 and 2 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/35600715

Hebrews 9 03/02/2025

Hebrews 9 Hebrews 9 continues the discussion of the better sacrifice, sanctuary, and covenant that Jesus brings, all of which points to this great salvation that he provides. Read Hebrews 9 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/35506230

Hebrews 8 02/23/2025

Hebrews 8 Having laid a strong foundation in the priesthood of Jesus, Hebrews now progresses to some of the ramifications of that priesthood in a better covenant, better sacrifice, and better sanctuary. Read Hebrews 8 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/35397925

Hebrews 7 02/16/2025

Hebrews 7 We finally get to talk about Melchizedek in one of my favorite texts that subtly but clearly and beautifully teaches the divinity of Jesus and his superiority to Abraham and the Levitical priesthood. Read Hebrews 7 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/35305835

Hebrews 6 02/09/2025

Hebrews 6 Hebrews now challenges us with one of the most controversial passages in the New Testament, but which may in fact lead to peace and joy. Read Hebrews 6 and thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/35225025

Hebrews 5-6:3 02/02/2025

Hebrews 5-6:3 The author of Hebrews moves from the superiority of Jesus over Moses and Joshua to Aaron the High Priest, introducing the mysterious figure of Melchizedek, and also beginning the third, and hotly debated, warning. Read Hebrews 5:1-6:3 and thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/35136115

Hebrews 4 01/26/2025

Hebrews 4 Hebrews continues with one of its most grammatically complicated passages, and some equally puzzling statements about work and rest, fear and confidence. Read Hebrews 4 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/35042370

Hebrews 3 01/19/2025

Hebrews 3 Hebrews continues with the second warning and another exposition of a psalm. Read Hebrews 3 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/34923535

Hebrews 2 01/12/2025

Hebrews 2 Having begun theologically, Hebrews now turns to the first of five much disputed warning passages. Read Hebrews 2 and see you Sunday. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/34868980

Hebrews 1 01/05/2025

Hebrews 1 With a new year we start a new series on Hebrews, a letter that hopefully will gain new clarity in light of our time in Exodus. Read Hebrews 1 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/34738015

Luke 2:21-40 12/29/2024

Luke 2:21-40 We have read the accounts, and heard the recorded testimonies. Through songs and prayer we experienced the thrill of the Christmas story and birth of Jesus. But now that the day we celebrate is past, what is next for Jesus? What is next for us? Thanks for listening as we close out the Advent Season as we move into the new year of 2025. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/34658050

Advent week 4 - Matthew 2:13-23 12/22/2024

Advent week 4 - Matthew 2:13-23 The next edition of Matthew's Christmas story focuses on the fulfillment of three prophecies. Read Matthew 2:13-23 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/34599165

Advent week 3 - Matthew 2:1-12 12/15/2024

Advent week 3 - Matthew 2:1-12 Matthew turns to a story unique to his gospel, the coming of the Magi, and we must sadly ruin a few carols and many nativity scenes when we discover what Matthew actually wrote about this event. Read Matthew 2:1-12 and thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/34462570

Advent week 2 - Matthew 1:18-25 12/08/2024

Advent week 2 - Matthew 1:18-25 Matthew continues his focus on Joseph with the annunciation in a short passage that beautifully highlights Joseph, Mary, and Jesus. Read Matthew 1:18-25 and thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/34346610

Advent week 1 - Matthew 1:1-17 12/01/2024

Advent week 1 - Matthew 1:1-17 The Season of Advent begins and we turn to Matthew's account of the incarnation of the Second Person of the Trinity, starting with.... a genealogy. Read Matthew 1:1-17 and see you Sunday. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/34221785

Exodus 40 11/24/2024

Exodus 40 Our final sermon in Exodus, we see the conclusion of this story as well as hinting at the next as we ponder the Gospel in the Old Testament. Read Exodus 40 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/34130766

Exodus 35-39 11/17/2024

Exodus 35-39 Our largest chunk yet, we take 5 chapters all at once, primarily because there is so much repetition here from earlier. But why such repetition? Read Exodus 35-39 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/33985352

Exodus 34 11/10/2024

Exodus 34 God restores the Mosaic Covenant after the Golden Calf because of who he is, and there is also a slightly humorous mistranslation. Read Exodus 34 and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/landerefreesermons/id/33873252

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