Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 9
A Word to Those Who Preach the Word 11
1 The Eloquence of God (1:1, 2a) 15
2 The Supremacy of Christ (1:2, 3) 23
3 Christ's Superiority to Angels (1:4-14) 33
4 Drifting (2:1-4) 47
5 The Ultimate Intention (2:5-9) 55
6 A God-Worthy Salvation (2:10) 63
7 Solidarity with the Liberator (2:11-16) 71
8 Solidarity with the High Priest (2:17, 18) 81
9 Superior to Moses (3:1-6) 91
10 Finishing Well (3:7-19) 99
11 Entering the Rest (4:1-11) 109
12 The Double-Edged Sword (4:12, 13) 119
13 Our Great High Priest (4:14-16) 129
14 High Priest, High Qualifications (5:1-10) 137
15 Slow to Learn (5:11-14) 147
16 No Second Genesis (6:1-8) 155
17 Make Your Hope Sure (6:9-12) 165
18 An Anchor for the Soul (6:13-20) 175
19 The Greatness of Melchizedek (7:1-10) 185
20 The Sufficiency of Melchizedek (7:11-19) 195
21 The Superiority of Melchizedek (7:20-28) 205
22 Christ's Surpassing Priesthood and Covenant (8:1-13) 215
23 Covenant and Conscience (9:1-14) 225
24 Covenant and Blood (9:15-28) 235
25 Covenant and Perfection (10:1-18) 245
26 Full Access/Full Living (10:19-25) 257
27 The Perils of Apostasy (10:26-31) 267
28 Keep On! (10:32-39) 279
29 Faith Is… (11:1-3) 287
30 Abel's Faith (11:4) 295
31 Enoch's Faith (11:5, 6) 303
32 Noah's Faith (11:7) 313
33 Abraham's Faith (11:8-16) 323
34 Abraham's and the Patriarchs' Faith (11:17-22) 333
35 Moses' Faith (11:23-29) 343
36 Joshua's and His People's Faith (11:30) 353
37 Rahab's Faith(ll:31) 363
38 Triumphant Faith (11:32-40) 375
39 Consider Him (12:1-3) 385
40 Divine Discipline (12:4-11) 395
41 Failing Grace (12:12-17) 405
42 Marching to Zion (12:18-24) 415
43 A Consuming Fire (12:25-29) 425
44 Ecclesial Ethics (13:1-3) 433
45 Persona) Ethics (13:4-6) 443
46 Sustaining Wisdom (13:7-16) 453
47 Responsibility toward Leadership (13:17-19) 461
48 Soaring Benedictions (13:20-25) 471
Notes 477
All Scripture Index 509
General Index 523
Index of Sermon Illustrations 533
