Hebrews 10:11-25

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• Reading the Text:
  • NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • Chapter IX, The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians, Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110). (Longer Version - 4th cent interpolation)
  • Vision III.6, Similitude IX.33, Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145)
  • From the Geneva Notes.
    • "Having mentioned the last coming of Christ, he stirs up the godly to the meditation of a holy life, and cites the faithless fallers from God to the fearful judgment seat of the Judge, because they wickedly rejected him in whom only salvation consists."
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
    • "Believers are to consider how they can be of service to each other, especially stirring up each other to the more vigorous and abundant exercise of love, and the practice of good works."
  • From Wesley's Notes.
    • "As by rending the veil in the temple, the holy of holies became visible and accessible; so by wounding the body of Christ, the God of heaven was manifested, and the way to heaven opened."
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
    • "What it is to be a high priest after the order of Melchisedec is set forth, Heb 7:1-25, as contrasted with the Aaronic order. That Christ, however, as High Priest, is Aaron's antitype in the true holy place, by virtue of His self-sacrifice here on earth, and Mediator of a better covenant, whose essential character the old only typified, we learn, Heb 7:26-9:12."
  • "The Rent Veil; Matthew 27:50,51; Hebrews 10:19,20," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1888.
  • From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
    • "It has now been shown that Christ has, as our high priest, opened the way into the holiest of all, the heavens, for us. Hence we may follow with boldness. We have the assurance of heaven."
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
  • Commentary, Hebrews 10:11-14 [15-18] (Pentecost 24B), Susan Eastman, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
    • "An intimate and frank relationship with God, openness with one another, and bold public witness that perseveres in the fact of opposition – these are the characteristics of the confident community portrayed in today's lesson."
  • "First Thoughts on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 24B, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "Hebrews has its own cultural way of engaging the issues. If we can listen across the cultural divide which separates his world and ours, we can sense that it is very much about the totality of divine love and the rejection of the power-mongering of those who want to set themselves and their systems up as a form of control between us and God."
  • "Don't give up meeting together," William H. Willimon, Theolog, 2009.
    • "Most of us learn that the supreme test of worship is not what I get out of it but also what my neighbor got out of it."
  • Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • "Religious But Not Spiritual," Debra Dean Murphy, The Ekklesia Project, 2009.
    • "But the organized, institutional part of religion – the messy materiality of people and practices – is its beating heart. Contra the breezy, anti-establishment tenets of SBNR (which are themselves pretty dogmatic), doctrine is simply the lived and living witness of a received tradition. The Christian doctrine of creation, for instance, is not a proposition to be believed in, a theory of how the world got its start way back when. Rather, it’s a way of seeing all things in relation to God; a way of receiving, offering, loving, and living one’s life as sheer gift."
  • "Faith, Hope & Love in Hebrews," Mary Hinkle, Pilgrim Preaching: Keeping Company with biblical texts and the people who hear and preach them.
    • "So… if I were preaching this text, I would probably never say "let us." I would, however, try to preach that "done" news so clearly that people knew by the end of the sermon that they could approach in faith, hold fast to their hope and show love to others: the work that Christ has finished has made all that faith, hope and love possible for us."
  • Commentary, Hebrews 10:16-25 (Good Friday), Dwight Peterson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
    • "In Hebrews, the theological arguments-- which are made in gloriously complex detail-- are not made just for the sake of being made. Instead, these arguments always have ethical implications. The indicative in Hebrews is always followed by the imperative... or in this case, by the hortatory subjunctive."
  • "First Thoughts on Epistle Passages in the Lectionary," Good Friday, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "Like much of Hebrews this passage is alien, yet in other ways very real and relevant. Our task is to use the same level of creativity which the author used to retell the story of Jesus in images that make sense to our hearers."
  • "Hebrews 10:1-18: Jesus Christ, The Final Sacrifice," Terry A. Larm, (Theological Gathering Winter 1997).
    • "What does it take to put an end to sacrifices? There is one sacrifice, and only one, that puts an end to all other sacrifices. It is the sacrifice that God has willed. It is the sacrifice that is willingly given in absolute obedience to God's will. But it is not just a matter of obedience and will. It is also sacrifice. The "body" that God has prepared for the offering must be sacrificed. This atonement is the permanent one."
  • "Christ's Single Offering," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
  • "A Word of Encouragement," Peter J. Gomes, The Christian Century. At Religion Online.
    • "Christians, alas, are not famous for encouraging one another. Sometimes the phrase "Christian love" has an unintended sense of irony about it."
• Articles & Background:
  • "Christology, Chiasm, and the Concept of Faith in Hebrews 10:19-39," Victor (Sung-Yul) Rhee, Filologia Neotestamentaria, 2003.
    • "...a close examination of Hebrews 10:19-39 demonstrates that the author of Hebrews has Jesus as the object of faith for believers, even if it is not expressed in terms of 'faith in Christ.'"
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  • Buechner, Frederick, "Preaching on Hope," The Living Pulpit, 1992.
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  • Cook, Anthony, "Homiletical Helps on LW Series B - Epistles," Concordia Journal, 2007. (Section on this text begins on p. 407.)
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  • Culpepper, R. Alan, "A Superior Faith: Hebrews 10:19-12:2," Review and Expositor, 1985.
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  • Dahl, N.A., "A New and Living Way: The Approach to God according to Hebrews 10:19-25," Interpretation, 1951.
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  • Dozeman, Thomas B., "The Priestly Vocation," Interpretation, 2005.
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  • Dyrness, William A., "Waiting in Hope," The Christian Century, 1994.
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  • Gomes, Peter J., "A Word of Encouragement," The Christian Century, 1997.
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  • Gurtner, Daniel M., "LXX Syntax and the Identity of the NT Veil," Novum Testamentum, 2005.
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  • Konkel, August, "The Sacrifice of Obedience," Didaskalia, 1991.
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  • Koperski, Veronica, SFCC, "Between Text & Sermon, Hebrews 10:16-25," Interpretation, 2002.
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  • Leithart, Peter J., "Womb of the World: Baptism and the Priesthood of the New Covenant in Hebrews 10.19-22," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2000.
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  • Omanson, Roger L., "A Superior Covenant: Hebrews 8:1-10:18," Review and Expositor, 1985.
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  • Peters, Mark Allen, "Hebrews 10:19-25," Interpretation, 1999.
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  • Milgram, Goldie, "Water as a Portal to Sacred Consciousness," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
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  • Spencer, William David, "Christ's Sacrifice as Apologetic: An Application of Hebrews 10:1-18," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1997.
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• Reviews:
  • Review: Herbert W. Bateman IV, ed., Four Views on the Warning Passages in Hebrews, Kregel, 2007. Review by Felix H. Cortez, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
• Sermons:
  • "A Time for Sacrifice: The Sacrifice of Self," 19 November 2006, Walter W. Harms, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
  • "Gift and Power for Faith," the Rev. Michael Foss, Day 1, 2000.
• With Children:
  • "A Shot in the Arm," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
  • "Sunday School," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
• Drama:
  • "Message in a Bottle," Nina Wallestad, Dramatic License. Conditions of Use.
  • "First and Ten," Walt Scheiman, dramatix.
• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
• Hymns and Music:
  • Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Hebrews 10:14, 21, 22, 23. The Cyber Hymnal.
  • Hymn selections (United Methodist) and more from Hymnsite.com.
  • Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
  • At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
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• Study Links and Resources for the Book of Hebrews