The Hickory Rock Baptist Church Podcast

In this week's sermon, we continue exploring Hebrews 10. We unpack the author's call for us to draw near to the Father, to hold fast to our confession, and to be committed to having community with fellow believers.

In today's sermon, we continue exploring Hebrews 10. In this section, we see that Christ's sacrifice has destroyed the old covenant system. Because of Christ, there are no more sacrifices, no more sinful hearts, and no more shame.

In today's sermon, we explore how Christ's complete obedience to God brought salvation to humanity. We also discuss how obedience to Christ should characterize the life of the believer.

In this week's sermon, we continue exploring the superiority of Christ's sacrifice for us. We see that His sacrifice was perfect and is good for eternity, which means it has no need to be offered again or renewed. 

In today's sermon, we continue exploring how Christ enacted the new covenant. We discuss how His death was necessary for the new covenant to take effect, and how His blood is required for the forgiveness of sins.

In this week's sermon, we continue in Hebrews 9. We explore how Christ passed entered into the true heavenly tabernacle and into the Most Holy Place, and how we makes us alive and able to worship the living God.

In today's sermon, we begin Hebrews 9. We look at how the earthly tabernacle and the regulations of Israelite worship reveal to us the vast separation between God and humanity. We also explore how these regulations were never intended to give people salvation, but were intended instead to point people to God.

In today's sermon, we begin looking at the new covenant enacted through Christ. We explore how this new covenant is different from the old covenant, and how God enables us to be His people. 

In this week's sermon, we continue exploring how Christ is the perfect high priest. We explore the guarantee of a new covenant that God has given us, and how God guaranteed that this new covenant would be superior.

In today's sermon, we continue exploring how the priesthood of Melchizedek is superior to the priesthood of Levi and Aaron.  With this, we unpack how both the Law and the Levite Priesthood point us toward the Gospel, and why Christ alone is sufficient for salvation.

In today's sermon, we continue exploring the author's argument that Christ is our high priest. We examine the figure of Melchizedek and how he was both a priest and king. We also examine how Melchizedek points us toward Christ and reveals to us the lengths to which God went to redeem humanity.

In today's sermon, we explore the unchanging nature of God's promises. By examining and understanding God's faithfulness to His promises to Abraham, we can fully understand His faithfulness to keep His promises to us.

In today's sermon, we explore the author's call for us to pursue spiritual maturity.  We discuss the importance of spiritual "meat" and why we should learn from the examples of those who have gone before us.

In today's sermon, we explore the argument presented by the author of Hebrews regarding Christ being our high priest. We discuss who the high priest was and what their role was, what Christ's qualifications for the priesthood were, and why we need a high priest.

In today's sermon, we take a moment to explore Romans 12 to see Paul's words regarding living the Christian life. We unpack what it means to offer ourselves as living sacrifices and to have our minds renewed by Christ, and we examine how we are to respond to the sadness and brokenness of the world.

In today's sermon, we begin exploring the topic of Jesus being our great high priest. We discuss what it means that He "passed through the heavens," and how He allows us to confidently approach the throne of God.

In today's sermon, we unpack how we are to avoid falling into the disobedience and rebellion that Israel fell into while in the wilderness. We discuss the importance of belief and faith, and how these two things manifest themselves in our daily lives. We also explore how and why we must work hard to enter into the rest that God has prepared for us.

In today's sermon, we continue in Hebrews 3. We examine the author's plea for believers to remain steadfast in their belief in Christ, and we discuss the parallels between Israel's sin of rebellion in the wilderness and our situation in the world today.

In today's sermon, we begin Hebrews 3 and start exploring the author's point that Jesus is superior to Moses. We read the author's call for believers to focus their attention upon Jesus and to firmly place their hope and confidence in Him.

In today's sermon, we continue in Hebrews 2 and unpack the question of why Christ had to come to earth as a human. As we explore this question, we learn that Christ came, not only to save us but to show us how to be truly human.

In today's sermon, we continue in chapter 1 and unpack the author's argument that Christ is superior to the angels. We discuss why this claim had to be made and we unpack the texts that the author used to support this claim. We also study the word of warning that the author gives in chapter 2:1-4 about the danger of not paying close attention to the message that Christ has given to us.

In today's first sermon of a series on the Book of Hebrews, we explore how God has been communicating to the world since the beginning of time. We unpack how God communicated first through the prophets, but how He is now speaking to us through His Son. The question we are left asking is, are we listening to the message that the Son is speaking to us?

In today's Easter sermon, we study John's account of Christ's resurrection. We examine how the Light of the World--Christ--drove out the darkness and fear that His followers were experiencing after His death. We look at how both Mary and the Disciples reacted to Christ's resurrection, and we examine how Easter is a call to action for followers of Christ to share the good news o...

In this special Good Friday Bible study, we study the Gospel accounts of Christ's crucifixion. We look at the imagery in the Gospels, as well as other clues throughout Scripture, to help us view the moment of Christ's crucifixion as the moment of His coronation and glorification.

In today's sermon, we look at Matthew's account of Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. We unpack all the deep scriptural connections between the Old Testament and the events of that first Palm Sunday, and we explore how the events of that day asserted that Jesus is the Messiah.