“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you."Matthew 5:11-12 I find it interesting that in the Beatitudes that Jesus speaks three times to the issue of persecution, especially … [Read more...] about Dying for the Kingdom
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The Persecution of the Kingdom
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:10 I firmly believe that there is a fundamental misunderstanding of what it means to be "persecuted" in the world today. While I agree that there is a concentrated effort by some to reshape the moral landscape into a more secularized image in the name of humanism … [Read more...] about The Persecution of the Kingdom