Psalm 110 — Derek: Meditating on the Way

June 7, 2024

This is the newest installment of “Derek: Meditating on the Way” with Bobby Valentine and John Mark Hicks. In this episode we discuss the meaning and significance of Psalm 110 in both its context in the Psalter and its relevance to messianic hopes, particularly as revealed in Jesus the Messiah.


Theologically? What is the Main Thing?

May 27, 2024

In this lesson, I discuss Titus 2:11-14 and Titus 3:3-8. What does one teach or stress in order to form a community of believers into a people zealous for good works? This was delivered at the Homewood Church of Christ in Birmingham, AL on May 19, 2024.


Psalm 2 – Derek: Meditating on the Way

May 11, 2024

In this video, Bobby Valentine and John Mark Hicks discuss the context, meaning, and significance of Psalm 2. For more on Psalm 2, see this link.


Lesson 15: A Better Sacrifice

April 24, 2024

Hebrews 9:11-28 But when Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation), he entered once for all into the Holy Place, not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own […]


Lesson 8: Hebrews 4:14-5:10

March 6, 2024

Priests Are Human Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been […]


Lesson 7: Hebrews 4:1-13

February 28, 2024

Headed to the Promised Land with Israel Hebrews 4:1-13 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest is still open, let us take care that none of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For indeed the good news came to us just as to them; but the message they heard did not […]


Ignatius of Antioch: Assembly as Witness Against the Powers

February 23, 2024

Therefore, make every effort to come together more frequently to give thanks and glory to God. For when you meet together frequently, the powers of Satan are overthrown, and his destructiveness is nullified by the unanimity of your faith. There is nothing better than peace, by which all warfare among those in heaven and those […]


Lesson 3: Hebrews 1:5-2:4

January 24, 2024

A Weightier Word than the Word through Angels For to which of the angels did God ever say,             “You are my Son;                         today I have begotten you”? [quoting Psalm 2:7] Or again,             “I will be his Father,                         and he will be my Son”? [2 Samuel 7:14] And again, when he brings […]


Lesson 2: Hebrews 1:1-4

January 10, 2024

God Has Spoken Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact […]


God Chose Us In Christ

July 17, 2023

This is lesson was delivered at the Northwest Christian Convention in Turner, Oregon, on June 28, 2023. The message is based on Ephesians 1:3-14.