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Heritage Church Tulsa
Heritage Church Tulsa Sermons. Pastor-Teacher Brandon Scalf lightandheat.substack.com
Episodes
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 seriousness of sin, the necessity of Christ’s blood, and the sufficiency of His finished work, the only foundation for our forgiveness and eternal hope. 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
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 day when we will “behold His face” and be fully satisfied in Him. 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
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 episodes, visit lightandheat.substack.com
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 from dead works. And He cleanses us not merely so that we can feel forgiven, but so that we can freely and faithfully serve the living God. 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
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 through His own blood, securing eternal redemption once for all. Our hope is not found in trying harder, cleaning ourselves up, or trusting our religious performance, but in Jesus Christ, our perfect Priest and sufficient Savior. 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
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 takes our guilt and gives us His righteousness. And because Christ has come, the shadows of the Old Covenant have given way to the substance, as the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus accomplishes what the old system could only point toward. 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
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 version of yourself. You need to be made new in Christ. 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
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 brings what the Law could never accomplish: definitive salvation and transformed hearts. 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
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, accomplishing a redemption that never needs to be repeated. Our salvation does not ultimately rest on the strength of our grip on Christ, but on the perfection of the Priest who holds us, intercedes for us, and lives forever. 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
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 His people. Our greatest hope is not just that we escape judgment, but that through Jesus Christ we draw near to God and get God Himself. 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
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 better covenant through the power of an indestructible life. Because our Priest lives forever, His intercession never ceases, His salvation never fails, and all who draw near through Him are saved forever. 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
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 sacrifice has been offered, and our great High Priest now serves according to the power of an indestructible life. You do not need another chance to save yourself. You need the Priest who lives forever. 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
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 and why His perfect priesthood is the believer's unshakable confidence. 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
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 authority rested on God's appointment rather than genealogy, and even Abraham honored him with a tithe. 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
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 forever. Because God cannot lie, Christ cannot fail, and His priesthood cannot end—the anchor holds. 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
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 temperature, but in the character of the God who cannot lie. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 faithful justice, and a persevering faith that presses on until His promises are inherited. 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
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 apostate. This sermon confronts the danger of superficial faith and false assurance while calling sinners to flee to Christ while mercy is still extended. Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart. 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
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 episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lightandheat.substack.com
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 obedience, discernment, and holiness. With urgent pastoral pleading and piercing biblical clarity, the preacher of Hebrews calls the church to stop wasting sermons, fight sin seriously, and hunger once again for Christ. 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
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 subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lightandheat.substack.com
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 public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lightandheat.substack.com
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 work, believers now have confident access to God. At the throne of grace, mercy for sin and grace for timely help are continually supplied. 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
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 judgment. 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
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 see that Christ is not only able to raise the dead, but that all life, all hope, and all victory over the grave are found in Him alone. 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
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 sin is counted to Him and His righteousness is given to us. The Scriptures are explicit: You are either carrying your sin or Christ carried it for you. 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
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 respond rightly: to repent of unbelief, rest in Christ alone, and live in light of eternity. 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
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 must be received by faith, not merely heard with the ears. Don’t die on the doorstep, come, believe, and enter the rest that is found in Christ alone. 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
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 you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lightandheat.substack.com
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 subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lightandheat.substack.com
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. And those who truly belong to His house are those who hold fast their confidence and boast in hope until the end. 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
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 substitutionary death and priestly ministry, He did not merely comfort us, He conquered what made death terrifying. The fear of death dies because the Son of God died and rose, so now we live as those whose greatest enemy has already been defeated. 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
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 family He is not ashamed to call His brothers. What the world mocks as weakness, Scripture reveals as divine wisdom and redemptive beauty. Cling to the One who suffered to bring many sons to glory that you may not drift. 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
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 humanity under the true Man, Jesus Christ. Psalm 8 exposes the tension we all feel, because man was crowned for dominion, yet we do not yet see all things subjected to him in a world still scarred by sin and death. But their is hope! Why? Because we see HIM -Jesus! Humbled for a little while, crowned through the suffering of death, and by the grace of God tasting death for His people. 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
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 Christ today, and treat the preached Word like your life depends on it because it does! 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
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 public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lightandheat.substack.com
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 certainty of God’s wrath, and the glory of Christ’s once-for-all atonement. 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
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 Cost You Everything 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
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 theological artillery meant to crush every rival and cure every drifting heart. See the Son rightly, and compromise collapses, endurance awakens, and worship becomes inevitable. 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
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 glory, authority, and sufficiency of Christ alone. 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
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 anatomy of a satisfied soul, one that longs for God, lauds God, and leans on God in crisis and conflict. This Psalm is Scripture-driven clarity on where lasting satisfaction is truly found. 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
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: light has entered the world, and every hearer must reckon with Him. 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
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 strength flows from the cross of Christ. 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