Persecution

Question [composite of several]: I keep reading reports about persecution of Christians in Indonesia and other places. I agree that it is horrible, but why do these people draw attention to themselves by insisting on meeting for church services?

January 1, 2013

Question [composite of several]: I keep reading reports about persecution of Christians in Indonesia and other places. I agree that it is horrible, but why do these people draw attention to themselves by insisting on meeting for church services? The body of Christ doesn’t need buildings or many people. One...Read more

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Questions and Responses

Question: Could you explain what "suffer in the flesh" (1 Peter 4:1) means and whether it is part of God's chastisement?

Question: Are we in the U.S. exempt for any particular reason from persecution? Or do you think it is going to take place here?

Question [composite of several]: I keep reading reports about persecution of Christians in Indonesia and other places. I agree that it is horrible, but why do these people draw attention to themselves by insisting on meeting for church services?

Question: I am struggling with the terms “surrender” and “submission.” We have all heard the saying that when we become Christians we surrender or submit to Christ. And to a certain extent this is true. I can’t even find the word “surrender” in the New Te

Question: You have referred to the Albigenses as true Christians, yet every encyclopedia I’ve looked into says they...believed in a good god and an evil god, that they were involved in ritual suicide and immorality. How could you make such a blunder?

Question: In your December article you wrote that Switzerland and Sweden both turned away Jews trying to escape Hitler’s ovens....I lived in Sweden during all the war years...and never heard of...this....

Question: [What's happening?] When there was far less social activism and far more “preaching of the gospel”...it seems like things just got worse in society, just as they have when there is much less gospel and more social activism.

Question: I have a question that I hope you can help with: Is it true that the greater the affliction (pain/suffering) the Christian suffers in this life, the greater the reward he/she receives in heaven?

Question: The leadership of our country has become so corrupt that I would think you would cry out against the evil. Yet you say nothing. How can you keep silent in the face of such blatant injustices…?

Question: Is the US exempt from persecution?

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