The New and the Living Way Meditations on the Letter to the Hebrews

includes index and biblioraphy

I. The Challenge of Christian Discipleship ...... 1 II. God has spoken to us through the Son ...... 10 III. A Body you have prepared for me ...... 21 IV. He was tempted and has suffered ...... 32 V. He learned obedience in the school of suffering -ooooo 42 VI. A merciful and faithful High Priest ...... 53 VII. Surrounded by a cloud of witnesses ..... 62 VIII. The Pioneer and Perfecter of our faith ...... 72 IX. The Lord disciplines those whom he loves ...... 81 X. Lifting up our tired hands ...... 89 XI. He suffered outside the gate ...... 98 XII. There is no permanent city here on earth ...... 107 XIII. The Word of God is living and active ..... 116 XIV. The New and the Living Way ...... 125