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I was seated in the booth at the Ram’s Horn in between friends laughing and eating greasy food. I had been gone all summer on a mission trip in South Carolina. There were so many stories to tell and hear. It was so good to be with my friends again. My summer was spent learning about God and seeking to serve him. Then, Joe came in. He looked like he had seen a ghost. His face was pale and his voice a little shaky. He said, “Dan, you have to get home right now. Your Mom needs you home.” Time seemed to stand still, JoeRead More →

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We live in a time when angels are venerated. Angels have captured much of the popular culture’s imagination. Whether it is the “Weeping Angels” from Doctor Who or the angels that help out everyone from baseball players to people in car accidents, we love angels. Angels are beautiful and powerful beings that leave those who engage with them in awe. The first words angels speak are typically, “Fear not!” It is of these beings that the preacher to the Hebrews declares, “Jesus is better!” Hebrews 1:5-13 corresponds directly to the opening lines in the sermon (verses 1-4).* Check this out: Jesus the Son (2b /Read More →

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Note: I am indebted to the work, Hebrews: A Call to Commitment by William L. Lane (Regent College Publishing, 2004). His brief commentary on Hebrews has deeply shaped my understanding of the text. All that follows in my own teaching of the sermon to the Hebrews is but a footnote to his work.    When we go through times of suffering, struggle and strife some questions tend to pop into our minds. The first is, “Where is God?” The second is, “Will he do anything?” I think there is a third and it is one that we don’t like to admit, “Is following God worth it?”Read More →