Category Archives: Persecution

Dear Netflix…

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Andrew Webb

Dear Netflix, We’ve been using your service virtually since it started, in fact just the other day I found one of the original DVD mailer sleeves from the 1990s that we were always losing track of. We enjoyed your service … Continue reading →

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A Thought for the Fourth of July

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Andrew Webb

One of the great purposes of constitutions in Republics and Democracies is to protect the rights of minorities. The U.S. Constitution has done an admirable job of doing that. For over 200 years, in a world filled with ethnic cleansing, … Continue reading →

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Counting the Cost Poll: Would You Be Willing to Forsake All That You Have?

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Andrew Webb

A question for Christian friends who are currently opposed to homosexual marriage: If the cost of remaining opposed to homosexual marriage becomes losing your ability to work for the government* or company you work for, lose your tax exempt status, and … Continue reading →

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Counting the Cost For Christians of the Nationwide Legalization of Homosexual Marriage

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Andrew Webb

Dr. Al Mohler, the President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has written an article that all Christians who are religiously opposed to same sex marriage need to read.  But before I discuss some of the issues Dr. Mohler raises, I need first … Continue reading →

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Is There Any Such Thing As a “Good Lie?”

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Andrew Webb

Christians are called upon to be truth-tellers even when it is to our disadvantage to do so. In fact, being scrupulously truthful should be a mark of a Christian heart. As Dutch Theologian Wilhelmus A’Brakel put it: “If the heart … Continue reading →

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What if Modern Missional Celebrity Pastors Had Existed in the Early Church?

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Andrew Webb

I‘ve often wondered what it would have sounded like if they’d had the modern “missional” celebrity pastors in the early church, and how they would have handled issues like Roman pressure to compromise on the Lordship of Christ or the … Continue reading →

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I never want to be able to say “I told you so”

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Andrew Webb

I’m currently preaching through Jeremiah, and reading the minor prophets for my devotions. Although they were sometimes separated in time by hundreds of years, the message they brought was uniform. They identified the same sins, and brought they same counsel … Continue reading →

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What The Church Can Learn From Antiochus Epiphanes

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Andrew Webb

With the Jewish celebration of Chanukkah just around the corner, I thought it might be worthwhile to briefly consider that portion of the history of God’s people, and determine if there is anything we can learn from the villian and … Continue reading →

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