Hebrews 11, Part 1 - Persevering Faith

What is faith? How does it work? How do we persevere in our faith? In this episode Brent and Ian dive deep into Hebrews chapter 11.

• (1:37) Perseverance in chapter 10.  Jesus will take us to the end;
• (3:48) Meaning of ‘faith’ in the Greek.  Faith about seeing the reality of what God is bringing into being;
• (4:45) The faith of Old Testament saints;
• (7:00) Platonic thinking in Hebrews;
• (7:25) Why creation exists;
• (7:54) God creates all things to tell His story;
• (8:47) the five examples of faith;
• (14:29) Abraham and Sarah the models of faith but not perfect;
• (15:32) Why Abraham and Sarah’s descendants are so important;
• (17:50) Saints looking for a better heavenly country;
• (18:15) Jesus our greater city;
• (20:26) How we participate today in God’s story;
• (21:24) Our culture’s stories and why they don’t satisfy.

Thanks to Sarah Williams, proprietor and curator of Space Studio Gallery, Whanganui, for hosting the recording of this episode.

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