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Thoughts on Christian Persecution (Part 4)

9/30/2014

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Judging Each Other

Unfortunately, sometimes when a Christian declares an unpopular truth or refuses to compromise where others have compromised, sometimes other Christians don't understand. Some of those reservations may be Biblically valid. Other reservations are the result of fear or compromise. 

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Thoughts on Christian Persecution (Part 3)

9/23/2014

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No Compromise

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Persecution—and the context for seeing great works of God—are the result of no compromise. One of my favorite examples is Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego from the book of Daniel. 

Quick recap: These were Hebrew captives in Babylon when the Babylonian king decreed that everyone in the kingdom must bow to a giant idol when the music played. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego stood when others bowed, and were thrown alive into a furnace. The astonished king beheld not three men, but four, walking in the midst of the fire, and when he called the men to come out of the furnace, the three Hebrews came, without so much as the smell of smoke upon their garments. (The fourth man--an angel? the Lord Himself?--disappeared.)

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego could have rationalized that they weren't really bowing to the idol in their hearts, just with their bodies, and that the Lord really knew that they loved Him more than anything else. They could have decided that it was important to live because they might be able to influence their Persian captors for the Lord; who would do it if they didn't? But they didn't rationalize. They just said: "NO! We won't do anything that even looks like we're not giving God full glory!" And they made their witness. 

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Thoughts on Christian Persecution (Part 2)

9/16/2014

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The Offense of Christ

Nothing and no one is more offensive than Jesus Christ Himself. 

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Thoughts on Christian Persecution (Part 1)

9/9/2014

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This series is dedicated to the Christians suffering at the hands of ISIS. We remember you, we're praying for you, and we know that God is with you. Keep the faith!

I think it started when a friend asked me, "What is persecution? And if we're not facing it in our walk with Christ, does that mean we're compromising?" 

I explored that topic more deeply with my best friend afterward. I'm still learning, but here are my thoughts.


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Forgiven

9/2/2014

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Psalm 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
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Some time ago, my pastor asked this question in one of his sermons: “How would you live if you knew—without a shadow of a doubt—that you are forgiven?”

That question struck me as a challenge. What would the life lived in the full knowledge of forgiveness look like?


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