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Heritage Pulpit
by Heritage Church Tulsa
Heritage Church Tulsa Sermons. Pastor-Teacher Brandon Scalf lightandheat.substack.com
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Bloody Covenantal Sanctions
How can a holy God forgive guilty sinners without compromising His perfect justice? In Hebrews 9:15–22, we see that Jesus Christ, the Mediator of the new covenant, secured the eternal inheritance of His people through His once-for-all sacrificial death. Here we are invited to consider the...
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In the Shadow of God's Wings
When the world is against you, the safest place is not the absence of trouble but the presence of God. In Psalm 17, David teaches us to run to God as our refuge, trust Him when we are falsely accused, and treasure Him above everything this world can offer. Ultimately, our hope is Christ, and the...
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8 Benefits of Jesus Being our High Priest
Because Jesus is our superior and eternal High Priest, He accomplishes completely what no earthly priest, sacrifice, or religious system could ever accomplish.New sermon on Hebrews 1:1-9:14. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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The Purpose of Conscience Cleansing
A defiled conscience cannot be cleansed by religious effort, moral reform, or outward ceremony—it can only be cleansed by the once-for-all blood of Jesus Christ. In Hebrews 9:11–14, we see Christ as the greater High Priest who offered Himself to secure eternal redemption and cleanse His people…
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How to Deal with a Defiled Conscience
Hebrews 9:1–12 exposes the inadequacy of religion to cleanse the guilty conscience, showing that the old covenant could regulate outward worship but could never perfect the worshiper within. But Christ entered the greater and more perfect sanctuary, not with the blood of goats and calves, but...
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New Covenant Promises Part 2
The New Covenant gives us more than a new heart—it gives us a true and intimate knowledge of God, complete forgiveness, and unshakable assurance through the finished work of Christ. Our salvation does not rest on the quality of our performance but on the sufficiency of Christ’s sacrifice: He…
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New Covenant Promises Part 1
The Old Covenant could expose sin, define sin, and condemn sin, but it could never change the sinner’s heart. In the New Covenant, God promises something radically better: a new heart, a new relationship with Him, a true knowledge of God, and the final forgiveness of sin. You don’t need a better...
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The Superiority and Necessity of the New Covenant
Hebrews 8:1–7 brings us to the covenantal climax of Hebrews: Jesus is the superior High Priest, serving in the true heavenly sanctuary, having accomplished what the Old Covenant could only foreshadow. The Old Covenant was good, but it was a shadow; Christ is the substance, and His New Covenant...
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Our Sovereignly Fitted High Priest
Hebrews 7:26–28 shows us exactly the kind of High Priest guilty sinners need: holy, innocent, undefiled, exalted above the heavens, and perfectly fitted to bring us to God. Jesus did what no earthly priest could ever do. He offered Himself as the perfect, substitutionary sacrifice once for all,...
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A Better Hope and Covenant
Hebrews 7:18–25 declares that the old priestly order could never perfect sinners or bring them fully into the presence of God—but Jesus can. As our eternal High Priest and the guarantor of a better covenant, Christ opens the way to God, secures a complete salvation, and continually intercedes for...
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The Power of an Indestructible Life
The Levitical priesthood could regulate worship, but it could never cleanse the conscience, conquer death, or bring sinners finally into the presence of God. Hebrews 7:11–16 reveals why another Priest was necessary: Jesus Christ came not to repair the old order, but to fulfill it and establish a...
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Purposeful Imperfection
The Levitical priesthood could regulate worship, but it could never reconcile worshipers. In Hebrews 7:11–12, we see that Jesus did not come to repair Aaron or improve Levi, but to establish a better priesthood and bring His people into the presence of God. The shadows have passed, the final...
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A Greater Priest Than Levi
What does the mysterious figure of Melchizedek teach us about Jesus? Hebrews 7:6-10 reveals that Melchizedek's superiority to Abraham and Levi was God's appointed pattern pointing to Christ, the greater and eternal High Priest. This text reveals that Jesus alone is able to bring sinners to God…
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Types and Priestly Treasures
Who is Melchizedek, and why does Hebrews spend so much time talking about him? In Hebrews 7:1–5, the preacher of Hebrews reveals that Melchizedek was intentionally designed by God as a type of Christ, an earthly shadow pointing to the eternal High Priest. His priesthood preceded Levi, his…
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Anchor of the Soul
Hebrews 6:19–20 declares that the believer’s hope is not wishful thinking, but a blood-bought anchor fastened in heaven. In a world of shaking circumstances, trembling consciences, and failing strength, Christ has gone behind the veil as our eternal High Priest, securing our access to God…
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God's Promise and Oath
In Hebrews 6:13–20, God gives trembling saints the strongest encouragement imaginable: His promise, His oath, and His unchanging purpose in Christ. This sermon calls weary believers to stop interpreting delay as denial and to anchor their assurance not in feelings, failures, or spiritual...
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Living as Light
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The Completion of the Expositor - H.B. Charles Jr.
2 Timothy 4:6-8 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lightandheat.substack.com
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The Craft of the Expositor - Michael Staton
1 Timothy 4:12-16 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lightandheat.substack.com
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The Character of the Expositor - Nick White
1 Timothy 4:12-16 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lightandheat.substack.com
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The Charge of the Expositor - Brandon Scalf
Preach the Word! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lightandheat.substack.com
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A Process for Effective Preaching - H.B. Charles, Jr.
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Preaching Q&A
Preaching Q&A with H.B. Charles Jr. and Michael Staton This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lightandheat.substack.com
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Things That Belong to God's Salvation
True salvation bears the fruit of grace that belongs to salvation. Hebrews 6:9–12 teach that God is too just to forget the Spirit-wrought love, labor, and perseverance He has produced in His people. The believer’s assurance then, rests not in empty profession, but in Christ’s finished work, God’s...
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The Finality of Apostasy
Hebrews 6:4–8 delivers a terrifying warning to those who persistently resist the light of the gospel: there comes a point when repentance becomes impossible. After repeated exposure to truth, continual rejection of Christ hardens the heart beyond recovery, leaving nothing but judgment for the...
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Pressing On to Maturity
In Hebrews 6:1–3, we are confronted with the sobering reality that hearing truth is not the same as growing by truth. God did not save His people to remain spiritually stagnant, but to press on toward Christlike maturity through grace-fueled obedience and dependence upon Him. This is a public...
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Milk and Meat
Hebrews 5:11–14 confronts the terrifying reality of spiritual immaturity in the church—not as an intellectual problem, but as a moral one. This sermon exposes the danger of becoming dull of hearing through spiritual laziness, calling believers to move beyond shallow Christianity into disciplined...
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Guard What Has Been Entrusted
God's truth is not clay in the preacher’s hands; it is a treasure in the preacher’s custody. 1 Timothy reminds the church that she must guard the deposit entrusted to her, silence error, and stand firm in sound doctrine. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...
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Our Perfect High Priest
Hebrews 5:1–10 contrasts Israel’s weak, temporary priests with Christ, the eternal Son and perfect High Priest. Through obedient suffering, He is fully qualified and becomes the source of eternal salvation. The text calls us to forsake all lesser mediators and hold fast to Him alone. This is a...
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Our Great High Priest
Hebrews 4:14–16 reveals Jesus as the Great High Priest who has passed through the heavens as the Son of God. It emphasizes both His supremacy and His sympathy, showing that He shared in our weakness, was tempted in every way, yet remained without sin. Because of His finished and ongoing priestly...
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The Powerful and Penetrating Word
Hebrews 4:12-13 shows us that preaching is divine exposure, where the living Word cuts through every layer of self-deception and lays your soul open before God. You will not stand over the Word! The Word will stand over you, either breaking you now in repentance or condemning you in future...
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The Resurrection and the Life
In John 11, Jesus does not merely promise that Lazarus will rise. He declares that He Himself is the resurrection and the life, showing Martha that resurrection is not first a future event to be discussed, but a person standing before her to be believed. This Easter message presses the hearer to...
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The Crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ
Many try to strip the cross of its severity, reducing it to something manageable, but it stands as the sovereign plan of God to deal decisively with sin. Christ the sinless One was treated as guilty in the place of sinners and bore the full weight of divine judgment. In that great exchange our…
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How the Holy Spirit Helps
In John 16:7–11, Jesus shows that the Holy Spirit comes as our Helper to confront the world with truth—exposing sin, revealing Christ’s righteousness, and declaring coming judgment. His work is not chaotic but precise, pressing the reality of Christ upon the heart. This passage calls us to…
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Therefore, Let Us Fear
You can sit under the Word, hear the gospel, and still miss the rest of God. Hebrews 4:1–11 confronts us with a sobering command, “Therefore, let us fear,” calling us to a serious vigilance lest we come close to Christ and yet fall short through unbelief. The promise of rest still stands, but it...
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Community Soul Care
Hebrews 3:12–19 delivers a clear warning: unbelief leads to a deadly departure from the living God. This sermon calls the church to community soul care: watching, warning, and walking with one another in persevering faith, for the glory of Jesus and each other's good. This is a public episode. If...
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Today If You Hear His Voice
The wilderness generation heard God’s voice for forty years and still missed His rest. Hebrews 3:7–11 warns the church that truth resisted today becomes hardness tomorrow. If you hear His voice, do not harden your heart! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...
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Consider Jesus
Hebrews 3:1–6 lifts our eyes to behold the unrivaled supremacy of Jesus Christ. Moses was a faithful servant in God’s house, but Christ is the sovereign Son over God’s house. The builder always possesses greater glory than the building, and Christ is the divine architect of the household of God....
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The Death of the Fear of Death
Death is the shadow every man feels but cannot escape, and Hebrews 2:14–18 declares how that shadow is shattered. In this message we see that Christ truly assumed our humanity in order to die in our place, disarm the devil, cancel our guilt, and crush the fear that enslaves the soul. Through His...
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The Fitting Nature of Christ’s Sufferings
The cross has always offended human pride, yet Hebrews 2:10–13 declares that Christ’s sufferings were not absurd or accidental fitting in the sovereign plan of God. His death proclaimed the glory of the Father, proved the worthiness of the Son as our perfected Captain, and secured a redeemed…
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Rulers of the World to Come
Hebrews 2:5–9 warns pressured, professing believers that the most dangerous path is not loud rebellion but quiet neglect, drifting past so great a salvation. The preacher of Hebrews anchors that warning in a coming reality: God has not subjected the world to come to angels, but to redeemed…
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The Tragedy of Drifting
Hebrews 2:1–4 warns about the quietest way to die spiritually: drifting through small neglects and casual listening. This message calls you to pay close attention to what you have heard, because indifference to Christ is never neutral. How will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? Run to...
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The Son’s Superiority to Angels
Hebrews 1:4-14 declares the absolute supremacy of Christ over angels. Jesus is not a servant in God’s house but the eternal Son: worshiped by heaven, enthroned forever, and unchanging in His glory. When we see Him clearly, drifting becomes unthinkable. He is better always and forever. This is a...
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The Son’s Cleansing Work
How can guilty sinners stand before a holy God and live? Hebrews 1:2–3 answers with thunderous clarity: the Son has actually cleansed sin, finished the work, and sat down in victorious reign. This sermon strips away sentimental religion and self-help theology to confront the reality of sin, the...
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Following Jesus Will Cost You Everything
Crowds followed Jesus, but He refused to flatter them because He was not after admirers but disciples. From Demas’ tragic desertion to Christ’s shocking confrontation in Luke 14, this sermon exposes the deadly difference between proximity to Jesus and allegiance to Jesus. Following Jesus Will…
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The Son’s Absolute Superiority
God has spoken and His final, full, and flawless Word is His Son. Hebrews 1:2–4 unleashes a powerful portrait of Christ: heir of all things, creator of the ages, radiance of God’s glory, exact representation of His nature, and sovereign sustainer of the universe. This is not gentle poetry; it is...
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God’s Final Word in His Son
God once spoke in types and shadows, through prophets and promises but now He has spoken fully and finally in His Son. Hebrews 1:1–2 declares that Christianity rests not on new revelations, but on a finished one. This sermon calls believers to abandon the chase for extra words and to rest in the...
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Anatomy of a Satisfied Soul
Psalm 63 is a desert psalm written after betrayal and marked not by complaint but by holy satisfaction. David teaches that true contentment is not circumstantial but theological, for the soul is satisfied not when life improves but when God is treasured above life itself. This sermon traces the...
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The Sovereign Son
Isaiah 9:6–7 declares that God has acted decisively in human history. It proclaims that the Child to be (and was) born is the eternal Son (true man to represent us, true God to save us) sent into darkness to establish an everlasting kingdom. The coming of this Son, Jesus, leaves no neutrality:...
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The Servant Savior
Isaiah 52–53 is the gospel preached 700 years before Christ. The Servant is exalted through humiliation, rejected by the world, crushed as a substitute, and raised in triumph by the sovereign will of God. This is not martyrdom; it is substitution, victory, and redemption accomplished. Advent...
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