Sermons on Hebrews
Cloud of Witnesses | Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
Sermon | Cloud of Witnesses Stephanie Boaz’s sermon on Hebrews 11:29–12:2 reflects on the divisions Jesus spoke of in Luke. While our world is marked by political, social, and cultural divides, true division arises from the choice to follow Christ. The life of faith is not easy—it brings struggle as well as blessing—but we are encouraged by the “great cloud of witnesses” who have gone before us. Like runners cheered on by a stadium crowd, believers are called to run…
Now Faith | Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
This sermon by Donovan A. Drake explores faith through Hebrews 11:1: “Faith is assurance of things hoped for.” Preached during a baptism, it emphasizes raising children in faith rooted in unseen values—compassion, justice, sacrifice, and love. Drake uses a Pulitzer-winning river rescue photo as a metaphor for faith in unseen acts of courage and mercy. He describes Jason Oglesbee, the rescuer—an imperfect man who showed Christ-like love in a moment of selfless action. The sermon includes stories of ordinary people living…
“…That They Should Set Their Hope In God.”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “…That They Should Set Their Hope In God.”Twenty-Fourth Sunday after PentecostWestminster’s 150th Anniversary SundayNovember 12, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download Sermon Transcript Hebrews 11:39-12:2 39 And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive [a]what was promised, 40 because God had [b]provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect. 12 Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of…
“Where are we and why are we here?”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost Hebrews 12:18-29 18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, 19 and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words, which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them. 20 For they could not [a]cope with the command, “If…
“Surrounded”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Tenth Sunday After Pentecost Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2 29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were [a]drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down [b]after the Israelites had marched around them for seven days. 31 By faith the prostitute Rahab did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies [c]in…
“Desire A Better Country”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Ninth Sunday After Pentecost Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 1 Now faith is the certainty of things [a]hoped for, a [b]proof of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old [c]gained approval. 3 By faith we understand that the [d]world has been created by the word of God so that what is seen has not been made out of things that are visible. 8 By faith Abraham, when he was…
“The Imprint Of God’s Being”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player NINeteenth Sunday After Pentecost Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-13 1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 [a]in these last days has spoken to us [b]in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the [c]world. 3 [d]And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and [e]upholds…