The church has it pretty good in America. There’s not much in the way of opposition or persecution, especially on the governmental level. The same can’t be said in many countries around the world, though. In several countries, you risk not just losing your job, but your freedom and maybe your life. Pastor Mark will be teaching today about a group in the early church that were under such intense persecution that they were thinking about going back to Judaism, and the writer of Hebrews’ urging them to hold on.