Rob Norman: Hebrews| The Way Ahead
Heptathlon?

Hebrews 13:11-25

Hebrews calls believers to move on:  The way ahead is –

• The way of the cross
• The way of submission
• The way of favour

Rob Norman: Hebrews| How To Win A
Heptathlon?

Hebrews 13:1-10

This first part of Hebrews chapter 13 lays some very important foundations for the church.  The Christian life is portrayed as a race that we must win, and we win it by finishing everything Jesus calls us to.

What we haven’t realized, perhaps until now, is that the race is a heptathlon.

Rob Norman: Hebrews| understanding God’s Grace

Hebrews 12

Hebrews paints the picture of a kingdom that is on a continuum; rather than discrete periods or ‘dispensations’ where God behaved differently and had different expectations of His people. In other words; the OT and the NT are a part of the same narrative; the God of the OT is the same as the God of the NT.

Rob Norman: Hebrews| Winning The Race

Hebrews 12

The Christian life is a race we must win; for the sake of those who are dying apart from Jesus.  Winning requires discipline and tough coaching. Hebrews 12:1-13 delivers the winning formula.

Rob Norman: Hebrews| Living By Faith

Hebrews 11

These champions of the faith were real people who had real struggles, they were imperfect and often committed real and serious sin, yet they carried a hope in their hearts that we can also carry.

Rob Norman: Hebrews| Kingdom Living

Hebrews 10

The Christian life is not a “tweak” we make to our lives to help us through the tough times, provide us with good times or provide us with a free ticket to the afterlife club including your very own cloud and an eternity’s supply of harp lessons.

The Christian life is a completely new way of living. It is a complete game changer and it doesn’t integrate well into the world or environment around us.

Rob Norman: Hebrews| The Kingdom Of Heaven

Hebrews 9, 10

The Tabernacle and everything in it were copies (or representations) of what takes place in Heaven.

In Heaven, God’s kingdom is executed perfectly every time. We know by experience that is not the case here in the natural world! Do we always see sick people healed every time we pray?

The sacrifices that took place in the Tabernacle were an imperfect representation of Heaven’s requirement for the payment for sin.    Only the perfection of Jesus could satisfy God’s justice.

This passage provides a great, classic, description of the Kingdom of God…

Rob Norman: Hebrews| The Ultimate Sacrifice

Hebrews 8

In order to understand most of the OT we must understand that when sin entered the world there were catastrophic consequences. This was no trivial thing…

Rob Norman: Hebrews| Heaven & Earth

Hebrews 8

When a new version arrives the old becomes obsolete. Obsolescence is a good thing because it is indicative of something better coming.  This is how the kingdom of God works and Hebrews 8 highlights the eternal reality of heaven against the shadow of our earthly experience.

Rob Norman: Hebrews| Types & Shadows

Hebrews 7

The OT provide us with picture upon which New Testament teachings are prefigured.  Types appeared in the OT and the antitype is revealed in the NT.  This sermon looks as an OT Melchizedek as a type for Christ.

Rob Norman: Hebrews| Growing Up In The Faith

Hebrews 5-6

Over the years I have seen many conservative evangelicals get bogged down on the fundamentals of the Christian faith because their focus was on doctrinal purity. In the process, they were resistant to the person and works of the Holy Spirit and become immature as Christians. Without the Holy Spirit Christians don’t grow up!

Rob Norman: Hebrews| Priesthood & Calling

Hebrews 4-5

Calling takes place when God selects and appoints someone for a task. Without calling it would be impossible to survive ministry. This not applies to  pastoring a church but to every aspect of the Christian life.

Rob Norman: Hebrews| Our Boldest Pursuit – God’s Kingdom

Hebrews 4

The Sabbath is a ‘type’ or ‘shadow’ of the kingdom of God. We don’t do Sabbath just to rest from working, we do Sabbath to be intentional about entering the kingdom of God.

Rob Norman: Hebrews| Battling unbelief

Hebrews 3

Nobody wanders into belief and obedience.  Unbelief, on the other hand, is easy. It happens by doing nothing!

Rob Norman: Hebrews| The Humanity Of Christ

Hebrews 2

Jesus, the eternal Word of God, entered our world in a human body (the incarnation). He did not set aside any of the attributes that were rightly His, however, He voluntarily limited Himself to being a human being. His humanity came with certain restrictions. He could only be at one place at a time. He needed to eat, rest, and sleep. He could feel pain, bleed, and die. Before He became a man, He had no such restrictions.

Rob Norman: Hebrews| The Superiority Of Christ

Hebrews 1

In 70 A.D., like today, the greatest attacks against the Christian faith are directed at the personality of Jesus. Is He God, is he “a” god, is faith in Christ “reasonable”.

Today many people believe Jesus was a great moral teacher but the idea that he is God is foolishness to them.