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Jesus Purged Our Sins | Supremacy of Christ Part 6

We’re nearing the climax of our journey through Hebrews 1. We’ve seen Christ as heir, Creator, glory, express image, and sustainer—each truth building toward this moment. Now we arrive at what may be the most personally impactful declaration in Scripture: “by Himself He purged our sins.” Two words stand out with nuclear force: “by Himself.” Not “with our assistance.” Not “after we proved…

Jesus Sustains All Things | Supremacy of Christ Part 5

We’re at the midpoint of our journey through Hebrews 1:2b-3, and the truths are mounting like waves. Jesus is the heir—He owns everything. He’s the Creator—He made everything. He’s the brightness of glory—He reveals God. He’s the express image—He shows us exactly what God is like. Each truth builds on the last, and now we encounter something that should change how we face every single day: Jesus…

Jesus the Express Image of God | Supremacy Part 4

Our journey through Hebrews is building revelation upon revelation. Jesus is the heir who owns all things—calling us to surrender ownership. He’s the Creator who made all things—establishing His authority over reality. He’s the brightness of God’s glory—shining forth what God is like. Now, in the fourth movement of this symphony, we encounter perhaps the most intimate revelation of all: Jesus is…

Jesus the Brightness of God's Glory | Supremacy Part 3

We’ve been on a journey of discovery. First, we encountered Jesus as the heir of all things—the rightful owner of creation who calls us from autonomy to stewardship. Then we met Him as Creator of the worlds—the divine architect who stands outside creation with absolute authority. But ownership and creation still leave a question unanswered: Who is this Christ, really? What is His essential…

Jesus the Creator | Supremacy of Christ Series Part 2

Last week, we discovered a truth that shook the foundations of our autonomy—Jesus Christ is the appointed heir of all things. Ownership isn’t up for negotiation; it was settled before creation began. But as we release our grip on ownership and embrace our calling as stewards, another question emerges: Who exactly is this heir we’re surrendering to? The answer takes us beyond anything we could…

Jesus as Heir of All Things | Supremacy of Christ Series

Hebrews 1:1-2 (NKJV) “1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds “ There’s a moment that comes to every person—usually in the middle of the night when sleep won’t come, or during a crisis when control slips through…

The Confession That Sets You Free | Strangers & Pilgrims

He was the most successful man in a church—corner office in a Fortune 500 company, vacation home in Aspen, kids in private schools. The kind of success our culture applauds and many Christians quietly envy. Then one Sunday, during a testimony time, he stood up and said something that made half the room uncomfortable. “I’ve been lying to myself,” he began. “I’ve been trying to build a life here…

Seeing From a Distance, Believing Anyway | Pilgrims Series

The ultrasound screen was empty. Again. Five years of trying, three miscarriages, and now this—another month, another disappointment. I watched tears stream down her face as she whispered, “I don’t know how much longer I can keep believing.” I understood. Because the cruelest test of faith isn’t whether we believe God can do something. It’s whether we’ll keep believing when years pass,…

The Courage to Live Unrooted | Strangers and Pilgrims

Twenty-three years with the same company, a corner office with her name on the door, and a retirement package most people only dream about. “I know it doesn’t make sense,” she said, her eyes both terrified and alive. “But I finally understand—I was never supposed to get comfortable here.” She had been reading Hebrews 11. “These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen…

Your Priestly Calling Today | Royal Priesthood Series

For the past two weeks, we’ve been on a journey of identity discovery. In our first article, we explored how Christ’s blood both washes and crowns us, establishing the foundation of our transformation. Last week, we dove deep into what it means to live as kings, exercising authority over our inner world, our immediate sphere, and spiritual opposition. Today, we complete the picture by exploring…

Living as Kings in God's Kingdom | Royal Priesthood

Last week, we began looking at the powerful declaration of Revelation 1:5-6, where we discovered that Christ’s blood doesn’t merely cleanse us—it crowns us. We learned that our identity as kings and priests isn’t aspirational theology but present reality. If you missed that first article, I encourage you to go back and read it, as we’re building on that foundation today. The Upside-Down Nature of…

Crowned and Consecrated: Understanding Your Royal Priesthood | The Blood That Crowns Us

We come to Christ for salvation, and somewhere along the way, we settle for just being saved. We know we’re forgiven, but we’ve forgotten who we’ve become. Welcome to a Journey of Rediscovery Over the next three weeks, we will explore one of Scripture’s most powerful declarations about our identity. In Revelation 1:5-6, John writes: “and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from…

The Verdict: Case Dismissed

The evidence has been gathered. The prosecution has rested. For three weeks, we’ve been following a cosmic trial that began with Satan’s bold accusation: “People only worship You because You pay them to. Remove the benefits, and the devotion disappears.” Last week, we watched Satan methodically build his case, systematically dismantling Job’s life to gather evidence. Today, the verdict comes…

The Prosecutor Builds His Case

Last week, we witnessed Satan’s bold accusation in heaven’s courtroom: Job only worships God because of what he gets in return. God, confident in His servant, allowed the test. Now we need to understand something crucial—Satan isn’t just randomly destroying Job’s life. He’s a prosecutor building a case, and every disaster is a carefully calculated piece of evidence. Connecting the Journey In our…

When Your Blessing Becomes Your Accusation

Have you ever had someone question your motives? Not just any question, but one that cuts so deep it makes you examine the very foundation of everything you believe? That’s exactly what happened in one of the most dramatic courtroom scenes in all of Scripture—except this time, God Himself was the one on trial. The scene opens in the throne room of heaven. It’s a day of divine assembly, when “the…

The Self-Righteousness of Zophar - When Certainty Crushes Compassion

In this final article of our series on Job’s friends, we confront the most dangerous counselor of all. If Eliphaz wounded with faulty theology and Bildad hurt with rigid tradition, Zophar destroyed with something more personal: the absolute certainty that he was right and Job was wrong. No nuance, no mystery, no room for doubt. Just pure, undiluted moral superiority wrapped in spiritual…

The Tradition of Bildad - When Legacy Becomes Legalism

Continuing our series on Job’s friends, this week we turn from Eliphaz’s faulty theology to Bildad’s dangerous traditionalism. There’s something comforting about the phrase “we’ve always done it this way.” In a world of constant change, traditions anchor us. They connect us to our spiritual ancestors, remind us we’re part of a story bigger than ourselves, and preserve hard-won wisdom that might…

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