Today is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Below are four videos created for this designated day of prayer (we are showing the bottom one at Grace during our services). Please commit to pray for our suffering brothers and sisters in Christ around the world and partner with them by identifying wit [...]
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International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
November 14, 2010Jesus’ Sheep: Sent, Suffer, and Secure
March 2, 2010Have you ever considered how precious is this precious promise of Jesus? 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to [...]
Imprisoned, Hacked, and Ripped to Death
August 12, 2009This Sunday, I am preaching my third message on Matthew 10:16-25, a very difficult passage dealing with persecution, suffering, hatred, and death–all because of living on mission and becoming like Christ. As I am reminded of the relative absence of such realities here in America, reports like this are vivid testimonies of what our brothers [...]
On Silence and Sinful Prudence
July 28, 2009The easiest way to avoid persecution and suffering is to be silent for Christ and then come up with justifications to make such silence feel legitimate. Jesus tells those who are entrusted with His mission in Matt. 10:17-20 two things they can count on: (1) they will be delivered up by men operating as “wolves” [...]
Missional Conditionalities, Missional Certainties
July 24, 2009In Matthew 10, we get the missional marching orders from the Sent One himself. Three times Jesus mentions sending (9:38; 10:5; 10:16) in this instructional passage where those who had been listening and learning have now become laborers and leaders in the mission. I have been preaching through this text for the past four months, [...]
Putting Things in Perspective
December 2, 2008At a time when our attention is unnecessarily drawn the continual division over nonessentials in the SBC, I would like to remind us all of what our brothers and sisters are facing around the world. For instance, consider our brothers and sisters in Orissa, India. They don’t wake up to find what the next comment [...]
Categories: Persecution, Personal Commentary, Prayer Request
Tags: Persecution, Prayer, Suffering
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