Tag: persecution
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Our Place in the Culture Wars
About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. Acts 12:1-3 There is a fair amount of debate these days over just what the accurate number is of…
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Gospel Centered Worldview: God’s Plan for His Church
In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered…