Audio by genre hebrews

Andrew Fountain - Jesus is Better than Everything! —The Message of Hebrews pt.1


28:01 minutes (19.26 MB)
  • Jesus is far better than everything else we could possibly have. Incomparably better!
  • So hold fast to him and don't allow yourself to be pulled away by other attractions.

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Andrew Fountain - Making an Effort to Rest —The very core of being a Christian. Hebrews pt.2 (ch 3-4)


33:31 minutes (23.08 MB)
  • It sounds like a contradiction when we are told:
    "Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest" (Heb 4:11)
  • But actually it is not, it is one of the keys to a fruitful, productive and stress-free life.

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Andrew Fountain - Jesus our Sympathetic Priest, giving confidence and support to our prayers. Hebrews pt.3 (4:12-5:10)


35:48 minutes (24.64 MB)
  • We can gain a deeper appreciation of what Jesus does for us from this description of O.T. priests.
  • Hebrews urges us to come to God in confidence because Jesus truly knows what it is like to be human: weak and tempted.

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Andrew Fountain - Can a Christian Permanently Fall Away? Hebrews pt.4 (6:1-12 & 10:26-39)


40:46 minutes (28.03 MB)
  • What do these passages actually say?
  • And how do they fit in with other Scriptures that speak of the "Unforgivable Sin?".

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Andrew Fountain - Immanuel: Experience empathy from Jesus who is truly With Us and understands our weakness (Hebrews pt 5)


30:24 minutes (20.92 MB)
  • The stories from when Jesus walked this earth with us,
  • show a man who experienced a full range of emotions, and was deeply empathic with those around him.
  • Hebrews encourages us to experience this deep compassion as we engage with him in prayer.

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Andrew Fountain - Followup Teaching on: Can a Christian Fall Away? Hebrews pt.6 (6:1-12 & 8:9-12)


47:56 minutes (33.01 MB)
  • Followup session answering the great questions that came out of part 4, which asked 'Can a Christian Permanently Fall Away?'
  • The root of the answer is understanding what actually happens to you when you become a Christian,
  • and then we look at some Scriptures which may seem to say the opposite.

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Andrew Fountain - Intro to The Central Message of Hebrews -- Heb pt.7 (ch.5-7)


31:48 minutes (21.92 MB)
  • Hebrews is symmetrical.
  • Everything hangs on what is at the center.
  • And right in the middle of the center we have "an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast"

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Andrew Fountain - The Most Important 8 Verses in Hebrews, and maybe the Bible —The New Covenant. Heb pt.8 (8:6-13)


45:57 minutes (31.61 MB)
  • When you really understand the New Covenant, it will transform your life, bring you into a new freedom, and enrich your relationship with God.
  • Sadly it is rarely explained, and most Christians are not entirely free from the Old.

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Andrew Fountain - The Amazing O.T Background to the New Covenant Meal — Hebrews pt.9


34:57 minutes (24.06 MB)
  • There is so much richness to be found in all the imagery that comes together in this celebration meal.
  • In the end we see seven ideas woven together, there for us to turn over in our minds with joy as we break bread together.

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Andrew Fountain - The Beautiful, Balanced and Brilliant Structure to the Book of Hebrews - Heb pt.10


30:17 minutes (20.87 MB)
  • Who wrote Hebrews? Why and to whom?
  • The book is very carefully structured, and understanding this is an excellent doorway into seeing the main focus of the book, and how the author supports such a powerful central claim.

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Andrew Fountain - A New Place to Meet with God: Hebrews 9 — Heb pt.11


34:59 minutes (24.08 MB)
  • The central teaching of Hebrews is about our prayer lives—drawing near to God with confidence.
  • This chapter is a key building block as it lays out the way to intimacy with such power and clarity.

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Andrew Fountain - Washed Clean, Forever, by a Single Offering — Hebrews pt.12 (10:1-23)


36:21 minutes (25.04 MB)
  • Since we have authorization for free access to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the fresh and living way that he opened up for us, through the curtain—that is through his flesh,
  • let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings,
    because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from a burdened conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
  • And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.

Andrew Fountain - What is your reality? — Hebrews 11:1-3 (pt.13)


39:51 minutes (27.39 MB)
  • The difference between living with your focus on
    • the visible world
    • vs. the invisible world of God's promises
  • and how this will change your life.

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Andrew Fountain - Stories of Trusting God for what is not yet Visible — Hebrews 11 (pt.14)


44:50 minutes (30.82 MB)
  • After huge claims for the value of faith/trust for our lives, and the pleasure it gives our Father, Hebrews goes on to show this with a set of stories.
  • But they contain a surprising twist—which makes them far more relevant to us today!

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Andrew Fountain - How to Get Motivation to Persist in Trusting God through Hard Times — Hebrews 10-12 (pt.15)


40:25 minutes (27.82 MB)
  • From Abraham and Moses to the 'Stanford Marshmallow Experiment', the challenge of persisting is a common human experience.
  • The Bible gives us three ways that not only help us endure, but turn it from a negative to a positive experience.

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