Tag Archives: persecution

Tension filled the air. The twelve gathered with Jesus to observe the Passover. They knew that the Jewish leadership wanted to get rid of Jesus. Yet they had observed the great multitude praising Jesus as he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey just a few days prior. The crowds had ...

The War on Christians To you, the obvious answer is an emphatic “NO.” But not to some government officials.  Look at some recent headlines; Christians Deemed Terrorists in Studies Funded By Department of Homeland Security  By Heather Clark on July 4, 2012 Army says slides labeling anti-abortion groups as ‘terrorists’ have been used ...

Everything he ever learned and believed was changed in an instant.  Ananias had grown up as a faithful, devout Jew.  He entered Jerusalem on this life-changing day for the feast of Pentecost, which the Jews called Shavuot.  They sometimes called it the “Feast of Weeks” since they observed it seven ...

Suffering for Jesus is 2024 news around the world!   Hebrews 13:3 instructs us to “Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.” A news report about India came to me this week. India has been hostile ...

There are eight areas for which people need to have much endurance in these troubled times – to bear up without giving in. Ephesians 6:18 says to “keep alert with all perseverance.” False teaching and compromising the gospel of salvation (II Timothy 4:3-4 and I Timothy 4:1). Moral decadence and evil ...