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"We must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away." — Hebrews 2:1 Max once lived on a leaky houseboat on the Miami River when a hurricane was bearing down on the Florida coast. Panicked, he bought rope — lots of it — and tied his boat to every tree and dock he could find. It looked like a spider's web. Then a seasoned sailor named Phil showed up. 'Tie her to land and you'll regret it,' he said. 'Anchor deep. Leave the rope slack. Let the b

"He is the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person." — Hebrews 1:3 In ancient Rome, every coin carried the face of the emperor. The process was simple but precise: molten metal poured into a mold, then struck with a die — a stamp carved with the ruler's exact likeness. Anyone who held that coin held a perfect image of the emperor. The Greek word Hebrews uses for 'express image' is charakter — the word for that stamping tool. The idea is an exact impress

"God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in the past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son." — Hebrews 1:1–2 Have you ever waited for a phone call that didn't come? Refreshed your inbox one too many times, hoping for a word from someone you love? That feeling — that longing to hear from someone — is not weakness. It's one of the most human things there is. Here's what stopped me when I first read Hebrews 1: God has that