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Nosa Osagie
Hebrews: why Jesus is better than everything, and how to hold on to faith.
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The Anchor That Was Already Set
Hebrews is a letter full of hold-on verbs. Hold fast. Draw near. Do not shrink back. But one image does more work than all of them put together: the anchor. By chapter 6 the writer has already spent t
Drifting Without Noticing: The Warning in Hebrews 2:1
Hebrews opens with one long, dense argument for the supremacy of the Son over angels (Hebrews 1:4-14 English - ESV), then pivots without warning into an application that has nothing to do with ang
A Priest Who Knows: Drawing Near in Hebrews 4
The letter to the Hebrews was written to people tempted to drift back, to loosen their grip on Jesus and return to what felt safer and older. Its answer is not mainly try harder. Its answer is a perso
The Museum of the Unfinished (Hebrews 11)
Hebrews 11 is usually read as a highlight reel: Noah's ark, Abraham's journey, the Red Sea, walls falling flat. Read it again and a stranger detail emerges. The chapter is a museum of the unfinished.
The Throne You Can Walk Into
"Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession." The letter keeps pointing at one door, and the door is a Person.