Persecution

Choice Gleanings

October 23, 2016

October 23 DAILY READINGS: 1 Chronicles 1; Ezekiel 2 to 3:15; 2 Timothy 3 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word. Acts:4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness...Read more

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Questions and Responses

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: Is there a significance in Revelation 2 and 3 for verses to speak of “an ear to hear” versus the plural “ears to hear”?

Question: Is the US exempt from persecution?

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