TY - BOOK AU - Hughes,R.Kent TI - Hebrews: an anchor for the soul T2 - Preaching the Word SN - 9780891077220 AV - BS2775 PY - 1993/// CY - Wheaton, Illinois PB - Crossway Books KW - Bible KW - Hebrews KW - Commentaries KW - Messiah KW - Biblical teaching KW - Son of God N1 - 1 (pages 243-259) and indexes; v:1: The eloquence of God (1:1, 2a) --; The supremacy of Christ (1:2,3) --; Christ's superiority to angels (1:4-14) --; Drifting (2:1-4) --; The ultimate intention (2:5-9) --; A God-worthy salvation (2:10) --; Solidarity with the liberator (2:11-16) --; Solidarity with the high priest (2:17,18) --; Superior to Moses (3:1-6) --; Finishing well (3:7-19) --; Entering the rest (4:1-11) --; The double-edged sword (4:12,13) --; Our great high priest (4:14-16) --; High priest, high qualifications (5:1-10) --; Slow to learn (5:11-14) --; No second Genesis (6:1-8) --; Make your hope sure (6:9-12) --; An anchor for the soul (6:13-20) --; The greatness of Melchizedek (7:1-10) --; The sufficiency of Melchizedek (7:11-19) --; The superiority of Melchizedek (7:20-28) --; Christ's surpassing priesthood and covenant (8:1-13) --; Covenant and conscience (9:1-14) --; Covenant and blood (9:15-28) --; volume 2: Covenant and perfection (10:1-18) --; Full access/full living (10:19-25) --; The perils of apostasy (10:26-31) --; Keep on! (10:32-39) --; Faith is ... (11:1-3) --; Abel's faith (11:4) --; Enoch's faith (11:5,6) --; Noah's faith (11:7) --; Abraham's faith (11:8-16) --; Abraham's and the patriarchs' faith (11:17-22) --; Moses' faith (11:23-29) --; Joshua's and his people's faith (11:30) --; Rahab's faith (11:31) --; Triumphant faith (11:32-40) --; Consider him (12:1-3) --; Divine discipline (12:4-11) --; Failing grace (12:12-17) --; Marching to Zion (12:18-24) --; A consuming fire (25-29) --; Ecclesial ethics (13:1-3) --; Personal ethics (13:4-6) --; Sustaining wisdom (13:7-16) --; Responsibility toward leadership (13:17-19) --; Soaring benedictions (13:20-25); 2 N2 - The book of Hebrews conveys a double dose of spiritual power. It not only presents the greatness of Christ in ways no other New Testament writing does, but it repeatedly demands a heart response from the reader. No one can study Hebrews and not grow spiritually and come face to face in a new way with Christ. It is also true that no New Testament book has had more background research than Hebrews, and none has spawned a greater diversity of opinion. However, virtually all agree that the grand theme of this epistle is the supremacy and finality of the Lord Jesus Christ. Life-changing themes come from God to us in this marvelous epistle. The unequalled glories of Jesus Christ--the solemn danger of drifting away from dependence on divine grace--a heavenly high priest who understands and is ever ready to help--the rest only God can give, even in the middle of trials and of demanding ministry--the hope that is ours through a blood covenant with an awesome God--these and other topics from Hebrews must be understood and put to work practically if we are to live and serve as God's people today. - Publisher ER -